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Forgotten Galicia

Forgotten Galicia

Remnants of the past found in Lviv, Galicia & the former Austrian Empire

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Five Fun Facts about the Galician General Regional Exhibition of 1894

July 27, 2019

The biggest fair in the history of Lviv (Lwów), the General Regional Exhibition (Powszechna Wystawa Krajowa) drew nearly 1,150,000 visitors over a four-month period. The most distinguished guest was Austrian Emperor Franz Josef I himself. The exhibition was a platform to demonstrate Lviv’s and Galicia’s economic and cultural progress, and […]

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May 21, 2018

Tramway Rosettes and Numbers in Lviv

Antique tramway rosettes remain on many of Lviv’s historic buildings. These elements of infrastructure were attached to the facades of buildings to hold cross-street wires in place, which in turn supported the naked live wire which supplied power to the trams. Lviv’s first electric tram began running in 1894. Throughout the […]

May 11, 2018

Lychakiv Station: Lviv’s Forgotten Train Station

Tucked away in an old neighborhood on the east side of Lviv is the site of a former Austrian-era train station — the Lychakiv Station. Lychakiv Station, built in 1906, was Lviv’s third — after the Main Railway Station and the Pidzamche Station north of the city. The station was […]

July 11, 2015

Ukraine’s Soviet Mosaic Bus Stops

A couple of years ago my friend and I had the idea of documenting Ukraine’s Soviet-era bus stops, which remain in many villages across the country. The majority are decorated with mosaics and many have a distinct Soviet style of Socialist realism or Soviet pop art, but others styles include Cubo-Futurism, […]

June 26, 2013

Tramway Rosettes in Glasgow

When I was Glasgow, I noticed on several buildings in the city center the same tram rosettes that are in Lviv. Thus I immediately knew that Glasgow once had a tram system. Glasgow’s electric tram route began in 1898. In 1962 the city abandoned its tramway system — the last city in […]

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Summertime in Lviv #archidetails #architecturalhe Summertime in Lviv

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Wojciech Wentz Villa, built in 1907, designed by a Wojciech Wentz Villa, built in 1907, designed by architect Ludwik Weltze. The first owner was Wojciech Wentz, a police advisor. In the early 1920s, the property passed to Zygmunt Radzyminski (1843–1928), a Polish historian and renowned researcher of genealogy and heraldry. The villa’s final owner before the Soviet era was Jerzy Kuryłowicz (1895–1978), a prominent Polish philologist and linguist. From 1926 to 1946, he resided in the villa while serving as head of the departments of Indo-European linguistics and Romance philology at Lviv University.

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Last June, I took a walk through my favorite neigh Last June, I took a walk through my favorite neighborhood to show an acquaintance some of Lviv’s finest architectural gems. We stopped near the former Ludwik Heller Villa to admire and photograph the beautiful rose garden set against a backdrop of carved wooden details—a radiant sun and folk motifs inspired by the Podhale region’s mountain architecture. These elements reflect the Zakopane Style, which emerged in southern Poland but found expression across Galicia, including here in Lviv.

Little did I know that just three months later, the villa would be damaged in a russian missile attack on the city. The roof, in particular, was severely affected and had to be completely replaced.

This June, I returned to the villa once again to admire the flowers and intricate architectural details—camera in hand, as before. But the experience is now different. Though the windows have been replaced, and the roof is undergoing restoration, the neighborhood no longer feels quite the same to me.

Soundtrack: The English folk song "Bonny Bunch of Roses," which recalls the time "Moscow was blazing" during Napoleon’s invasion—an image we are eager to see repeated.

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Golden hour | Lviv center | Constitution Day | Jun Golden hour | Lviv center | Constitution Day | June 28

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Facade fragment of the former Credit Land Society Facade fragment of the former Credit Land Society building (1912–1914), designed by Alfred Zachariewicz and Józef Sosnowski. Red granite from J. L. Urban & Co. Ołomuniec (Polish) / Olomouc (Czech) / Olmütz (German).

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Boot scrapers of Helsinki - both modern and histor Boot scrapers of Helsinki - both modern and historical.
One of my favorite remnants of the past in the urban landscape is the humble boot scraper. In most cities (like Lviv), these small fixtures—once essential for scraping mud and snow from shoes—have become obsolete, relics of a time before paved roads and modern infrastructure. But walking through Helsinki, I was intrigued to see not only historical boot scrapers still in place, but also modern versions—fitted with sturdy brushes—installed near building entrances. In Helsinki, their continued relevance is clear. With long winters and frequent snowfall, these practical devices still serve an important purpose. 

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