Tirana's mayor, Edi Rama, is a former artist and he decided to brighten this bleak, grey, post-communist city by subsidizing paint and ordering a number of buildings painted in bright colors and often strange patterns. The result is both wonderful and strange and gives a "Lego" look to what could otherwise be seen as an ugly, dull capital...
A great New Yorker article on Rama and Albania:
www.tirana.gov.al/?cid=2,58,413
gregoreverb, Magga Sigga, K. Moriarty, www.urbanreinventors.net, and 36 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Valon Bllaca 62 months ago | reply
shum po me pelqen ...ka bere mir edi rama
vinny1302 62 months ago | reply
Edi Rama is the biggest idiot Albania have!
www.urbanreinventors.net 61 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called The Urban Reinventors Image Archive, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
bevansusan [deleted] 58 months ago | reply
this is delightful.
wu_ming 57 months ago | reply
Yes. I see it is very Lego like.
Khun Shaun (ชอร์น) 55 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Travel on 5 Photos a Day, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
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thais fujarra 52 months ago | reply
Wow !!! So cool !
nolisj 47 months ago | reply
nice color patterns
Dona Minúcia 43 months ago | reply
Hi,
This image - and all others on this subject, "collections, lots of (whatever), miscellaneous, patterns, textures, persevering and/or very detailed studies images etc." - would be lovely on our very new group, called ALL COLLECTIONS
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It would be adorable have your artwoks on that subjects there.