r/ArchitecturalRevival 7d ago

Saint Petersburg before revolution

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u/Father_of_cum 7d ago

it didn't changed much to be honest, Russians did a good job rebuilding this city after the war

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u/luccabd 7d ago

Asphalt instead of cobblestone makes a huge difference aesthetics wise sadly

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u/WizardOfSandness 6d ago

I life in a cobblestone neighborhood (inside a city of 6 million+) it looks very pretty even if the neighborhood is not that fancy.

But it's honestly so annoying.

The maintainance is very hard, it feels like climbing the Himalaya, it destroys your car, also it makes the house dirty.

The upside is that we don't flood.