Sreda, 11.04.2007.

11:57

Guilt

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I’m done with former-communist urbanism.  I’m sick of it. 

At least that’s what I decided after spending a day in Skopje last week.  As I walked around town I couldn’t quite pinpoint what it was that I disliked so strongly. I had been warned that Skopje had more than its fair share of communist period architecture due to the 1963 earthquake that, in addition to killing over 1,000 people, destroyed much of the city, leaving room for a disproportionate number of the geometrically peculiar, concrete beauties that now dot urban landscapes throughout the former Yugoslavia. Despite the earthquake, Skopje’s riverbank is still dominated by the low roofs and cobblestone streets of the jumbled Turkish čaršija. But this discordant blend of concrete and cobblestone could also define the architectural style of Sarajevo or Novi Pazar, both towns I greatly enjoyed.

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