Moscow that is no more, a historical preservation nonprofit (in Russian, but amazing historical photos of buildings, etc.)

I love this site! So many pictures, videos, documents, interviews, and other resources on a very interesting living arrangement in Russia.

Quoted: This Web site explores and explains a striking social phenomenon: the Soviet "kommunalka," or communal apartment. Instituted after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the kommunalka ...

I've posted some photos from the abandoned subway tunnel in Rochester, NY, which is a very unique setting with a lot of colorful paintings on the walls. I hope the city will make use of it someday, although maybe it's better as is.

Interesting look back at the neighborhood that became Lincoln Center.

Quoted: This kind of activity has characterized the neighborhood since the 1960s. But long before President Dwight D. Eisenhower broke ground for the Lincoln Center performing arts complex in 1959, the area from Columbus Circle through the neighborhoods called Lincoln Square and San Juan Hill was already something of an arts center. Jazz and opera and rock ’n’ roll, Shakespeare and Ibsen and musical theater, the visual arts and the invention of the Charleston all happened there.

Looks good!

A history of British architecture, with exceptional photos.

Quoted: select your time period, and get to know the chief characteristics of British architecture. Choose from the Middle Ages, Tudor and Stuart, Georgian, Victorian periods and the twentieth century.

Hungary has quite the amazing history of public transportation. This site provides a lot of interesting background on the subject, including photos and a review of the Budapest Urban Public Transport Museum at Szentendre.

So many great photos of Saint Petersburg in Wikipedia. I would love to go there.

Quoted: Saint Petersburg is situated on the middle taiga lowlands along the shores of the Neva Bay of the Gulf of Finland, and islands of the river delta.