A little known fact is that Riga is dripping in early 20th Art Nouveau architecture. You wouldn’t know to look at her, but there are hundreds of little hidden gems all over the city. Some completely restored (There is a section of town where you can see about 15 different examples, all in pretty good to great condition-Elizabetes Iela), others in precarious states of repair (those are listed below).
We can thank the Soviets for not bulldozing over these architectural wonders and replacing them with their ideas of beautiful utilitarian design.
So, here is a collection of some simply beautiful buildings, entrance ways, balconies, and windows. A collection that would make my Mom very proud, especially the blue building.
a bit rundown but I bet it was very opulent in it's day
Looks like Tron's brother
This would make my mother proud with her deep love of all things azur
I do like colors other than “Blue” you know……I like Grey and I also like Black…but that could be because they both go so well with Blue…!
Love the buildings. I think that all things look better with a bit of antiquity about them!