Here is the new "Main Avenue" they have started building in Yerevan (not to be confused with the pedestrian Northern Avenue pictured below). The big buildings in the background are not even part of it. The small building in the foreground will be torn down for it, and the ones next to it are already gone....
Here is the first big building of the Northern Avenue to pretty much reach completion. Not great, not terrible. I'll have to add a couple more photos of the buildings going up, and the MASSIVE hole where construction will take place soon...
posted by Raffi K. at 8:14 AM
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I'm telling you, if they just started carving away at this Northern Avenue building now, and added the same style of engravings our old buildings have this building could look decent. Right now it's just FLAT! Apparently, 75% of the flats in this 8 story building are already sold. Costing $1300+/m2.
That building still looks much better than most of the new buildings that go up here in Montreal. But as it is in a prime location, the engravings would definitely give it a much-appreciated look.
Thank you for the pictures! I know I'm not the only one who's always craving for more!
Carving costs money. This is not the Soviet times when the state sprang up big bucks to do things like that. All that matters now is the return on investment. As long as they can satisfy the minimum aesthetic requirements set forth by the community (the municipality), nobody is going to spend more money on the looks.
It has so much potential. But yes, it does look a little flat. Looks like there's a lot of potential for new graffiti, too. Thanks for posting Raffi. I can already see my daily walk from home to Square One without the need for shortcuts! Straight shot down Northern Ave! :)
Arsineh by the time you move out to Armenia I'm sure there will be a dozen other places than square one.
LOL. There already are dozens of other places. I just particularly enjoy the company. :) And they have a nardi board with my name on it!
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