Cool! Wow! Colossal! (c) ...another example of human arrogance and stupidity, both in the photo and in the comments... they built and built and finally... tore it down...
Cool! Wow! Colossal! (c) ..another example of human self-importance and stupidity, both in the photo and in the comments...they built and built and finally...torn it down...
Vlad M, actually, I was commenting on the photo myself...As for the self-importance and stupidity...well, we have plenty of it, too.
It's a shame it was torn down - it was a photogenic and striking "character"... But the shot, in its documentary quality, is truly unique and historical!)
I just heard yesterday that the townspeople are against the demolition, and now....
Nikolai Semenov, Who listens to them, the townspeople....)) Although we (Crimeans) once defended "with all our might" the closure of the nuclear power plant construction at the Kerch Strait and the construction of a US military base in Feodosia, back in the days of Ukraine...
Everyone, everyone, everyone! Thank you, friends, for your opinions and interest in the photos. As the author, who has lived in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) for almost 40 years, I'd like to clarify a few things. Many are right, and you are, about the waste, sloppiness, and so on, but that's not the whole truth... I don't want to blame the tower itself or its builders—that's not what it was built for—but it did help take the lives of 40 young, albeit reckless, people. More details: http://eanews.ru/news/society/Vyshka_Palyanova_40_pogibshih__u_nedostroennoy_telebashni_Ekaterinburga_pojavilsya_memorial_26_01_2018/ The tower was built over three years, from 1986 to 1989. The concrete section is about 200 meters high, and then another 136 meters of metal structures with antennas were planned. But the unique winch that could have been used to haul this structure ended up in Vilnius.
And then, as you know, the country fell apart, there was no money to complete the construction, nor even for more pressing matters, and then there was this tower...
Well, many remember the events in Vilnius, too – what a winch!! Thanks to the well-known events, they didn't mothball it either. And anyone who saw the structure with its many porthole windows, huge openings for antennas or who knows what else, will understand that water and temperature fluctuations took their toll.
Over 20 years, the strength of the unprotected structure weakened considerably, and with the advent of cable, satellite, and internet television, the tower's broadcasting function became redundant. And the new, unowned phallic symbol of the city (previously the city committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, popularly known as a "party member") deteriorated and became unsafe. You can't even count how many extreme sports enthusiasts have jumped from parachutes, paragliders, and rock climbers have conquered it... Incidentally, yesterday, before it was torn down, several guys climbed to the top. First, their friends got into a fight with the security guards (the guards were even injured), and then, after breaking through the rickety, half-rotted ladder without warm clothes, they climbed to the top and hung a Russian flag (I'll show a photo of the people and the flag at the top a little later). Parents started urging the kids on the phone to come down and stay warm in the wind. One of them even had to call an ambulance because he was so cold. I don't think it stemmed from a great love for the tower, but rather from recklessness and a thirst for self-realization. So, in part, it's good that this deadly temptation for extreme sports enthusiasts was torn down, but in other ways, it's a little sad, because we've grown accustomed to it, even though it wasn't exactly a beauty. But she grew up before our eyes... It's a shame the money was wasted, but for me, I'm more sorry for the country we lost. I think many will disagree with me, but that's a whole other, complex topic...
The series will continue, but given the difficulty of viewing series on websites in general and on this one in particular, I won't publish the shots all at once and sequentially. To maintain viewer interest, I'll alternate them with shots from other genres. But for those interested, I'll create a "series feature" by which shots can be viewed separately from others, i.e., filtered.
Thank you again for your interest in the photos, and I wish you all creative success!
They said they'll build another, equally necessary ice palace on the site of the demolished long-term construction project.
Alexander Lisovsky, Alexander! I wanted to respond to you specifically about the ice palace. In the 1980s, I knew some famous figure skaters in Russia who trained at the only decent ice arena, Snezhinka, not far from the circus. It was practically the only stadium suitable for figure skating. Then, a team trained there that created a new sport—synchronized figure skating. The young girls almost immediately became world champions, because no one had come before them. I know this firsthand; a friend's daughter was on the first team. They (the new team) now train there, sharing the arena with hockey players. Would it be bad to have another good, modern ice stadium in such a big city? Our land is not short of talent; many children want to take up figure skating, hockey, and other winter sports. We all want our Olympians to win, but they need to be trained! I think an ice rink is definitely better than yet another mega-shopping mall, the number of which per capita will soon catch up with the capitals...
I saw on the news today about how they demolished that tower and about those who sat there in protest. Regarding series, Mikhail, you always have the option of creating a series and, when uploading (you need to open additional options), posting photos that correspond to it to an album with that series. In this case, you can always open just those works in the series in your gallery, rather than the entire gallery.
I saw on the news today about how they demolished that tower and about those who sat there in protest. Regarding the series, Mikhail, you always have the option of creating a series and, when you upload (you need to open additional options), posting photos that correspond to it to an album with that series. In that case, you can always open just those works in your gallery, instead of the entire gallery.
Oleg Kaledin, Thank you, Oleg! I was writing about exactly this...
Nikolai Semenov, Who listens to them, the townspeople....)) Although we (Crimeans) at one time defended "with all our might" the closure of the started construction of the nuclear power plant at the Kerch Peninsula and the construction of the US military base in Feodosia, back in the days of Ukraine...
Olga Dan, Olga, there are fewer of you, so your actions are more coordinated and effective!
Alexander Lisovsky, Alexander! I wanted to respond to you specifically about the Ice Palace. In the 1980s, I knew some famous figure skaters in Russia who trained at the only decent ice arena, Snezhinka, not far from the circus. It was practically the only stadium suitable for figure skating. Then, a team trained there that created a new sport—synchronized figure skating. The young girls almost immediately became world champions, because no one had come before them. I know this firsthand; a friend's daughter was on the first team. They (the new team) now train there, sharing the arena with hockey players. Wouldn't it be a bad thing to have another good, modern ice stadium in such a big city? And our land is not short of talent; many children want to take up figure skating, hockey, and other winter sports. We all want our Olympians to win, but we need to train them! I think an ice rink is definitely better than another mega-shopping center, the number of which per capita will soon catch up with the capitals...
Mikhail 57 Mir, I have a personal opinion. In Samara, they decided to build a stadium for the World Cup. The road to this facility ran through my small village of three streets. As a result, all the trees on my street were cut down, and the road is now right under people's windows. There's no shade, there's dust, and for a year now, there's been noise from trucks day and night. Putin recently visited, and by the time he arrived, it turned out that not only hadn't a wastewater treatment plant been built for this stadium, but it hadn't even been designed. Who will need this stadium in the future? Probably no one.
Mikhail 57 Mir, I have a personal issue. In Samara, they decided to build a stadium for the World Cup. The road to this facility ran through my small village of three streets. As a result, they cut down all the trees on my street, and now the road is right under people's windows. There's no shade, there's dust, and for a year now, there's been noise from trucks day and night. Putin recently visited, and by the time he arrived, it turned out that not only hadn't a wastewater treatment plant been built for this stadium, but they hadn't even designed one. Who will need this stadium in the future? Probably no one.
Alexander Lisovsky, And remember, at first they wanted to build this stadium near the river port... they cleared the site thoroughly. A ton of money was spent on it...
...another example of human arrogance and stupidity, both in the photo and in the comments... they built and built and finally... tore it down...
Thank you, friends, for your opinions and interest in the photos.
As the author, who has lived in Yekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) for almost 40 years, I'd like to clarify a few things.
Many are right, and you are, about the waste, sloppiness, and so on, but that's not the whole truth...
I don't want to blame the tower itself or its builders—that's not what it was built for—but it did help take the lives of 40 young, albeit reckless, people. More details: http://eanews.ru/news/society/Vyshka_Palyanova_40_pogibshih__u_nedostroennoy_telebashni_Ekaterinburga_pojavilsya_memorial_26_01_2018/
The tower was built over three years, from 1986 to 1989. The concrete section is about 200 meters high, and then another 136 meters of metal structures with antennas were planned. But the unique winch that could have been used to haul this structure ended up in Vilnius.
And then, as you know, the country fell apart, there was no money to complete the construction, nor even for more pressing matters, and then there was this tower...
Well, many remember the events in Vilnius, too – what a winch!! Thanks to the well-known events, they didn't mothball it either. And anyone who saw the structure with its many
porthole windows, huge openings for antennas or who knows what else, will understand that water and temperature fluctuations took their toll.
Over 20 years, the strength of the unprotected structure weakened considerably, and with the advent of cable, satellite, and internet television, the tower's broadcasting
function became redundant. And the new, unowned phallic symbol of the city (previously the city committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, popularly known as a "party member") deteriorated and became
unsafe. You can't even count how many extreme sports enthusiasts have jumped from parachutes, paragliders, and rock climbers have conquered it... Incidentally, yesterday, before it was torn down, several guys climbed to the top. First, their friends got into a fight with the security guards (the guards were even injured), and then, after breaking through the rickety, half-rotted ladder without warm clothes, they climbed to the top and hung a Russian flag (I'll show a photo of the people and the flag at the top a little later). Parents started urging the kids on the phone to come down and stay warm in the wind. One of them even had to call an ambulance because he was so cold. I don't think it stemmed from a great love for the tower, but rather from recklessness and a thirst for self-realization. So, in part, it's good that this deadly temptation for extreme sports enthusiasts was torn down, but in other ways, it's a little sad, because we've grown accustomed to it, even though it wasn't exactly a beauty. But she grew up before our eyes... It's a shame the money was wasted,
but for me, I'm more sorry for the country we lost. I think many will disagree with me, but that's a whole other, complex topic...
The series will continue, but given the difficulty of viewing series on websites in general and on this one in particular, I won't publish the shots all at once
and sequentially. To maintain viewer interest, I'll alternate them with shots from other genres. But for those interested, I'll create a "series feature"
by which shots can be viewed separately from others, i.e., filtered.
Thank you again for your interest in the photos, and I wish you all creative success!
Alexander! I wanted to respond to you specifically about the ice palace. In the 1980s, I knew some famous figure skaters in Russia who trained at the only decent ice arena, Snezhinka, not far from the circus. It was practically the only stadium suitable for figure skating. Then, a team trained there that created a new sport—synchronized figure skating. The young girls almost immediately became world champions, because no one had come before them. I know this firsthand; a friend's daughter was on the first team. They (the new team) now train there, sharing the arena with hockey players. Would it be bad to have another good, modern ice stadium in such a big city? Our land is not short of talent; many children want to take up figure skating, hockey, and other winter sports. We all want our Olympians to win, but they need to be trained! I think an ice rink is definitely better than yet another mega-shopping mall, the number of which per capita will soon catch up with the capitals...
Regarding series, Mikhail, you always have the option of creating a series and, when uploading (you need to open additional options), posting photos that correspond to it to an album with that series. In this case, you can always open just those works in the series in your gallery, rather than the entire gallery.
Thank you, Oleg! I was writing about exactly this...