Searching for Nikolajs Hercbergs: the Mystery Man Who Photographed Riga
Nikolajs Hercbergs took thousands of pictures of Latvia's capital during the interwar years for reasons that are still unclearContinue Reading →
Architecture of Optimism: Building a Temporary Capital for Lithuania
"In less than twenty years, its residents transformed the city into a modern, elegant and European capital"Continue Reading →
The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia’s Capital: Traces
“Every day you going down in subway, because you got no better place to go”Continue Reading →
The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Struggle
“In total, these 172 letters were signed by 1,965 people. There were 1,964 votes against the construction of the metro."Continue Reading →
The Unbuilt Soviet Metro System that Haunts Latvia's Capital: Beginnings
Riga was down for a metro – a formally and conceptually adventurous system that would have been the most expensive ever built in the Soviet UnionContinue Reading →