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East Passage is a narrow thoroughfare that runs behind the shops on Long Lane (to the right) in the City of London. The passage dates back to at least the 16th century and is nowadays about half its original length due to extensive bomb damage in WW2.
Bumble Hole, Netherton, Dudley... This busy junction of canals was one a busy trade thoroughfare when the Black Country was the beating herat of industrial Britain... Now its just a beautiful place to walk and take pictures...
Bailgate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire.
Bailgate is the most important thoroughfare in uphill Lincoln. It forms the North South axis between the Roman North and South gates and is on the line of the famous Roman road Ermine Street. At one end of Bailgate is Newport Arch, originally the North Gate of the Roman walled city and is now the only surviving Roman gateway in Britain still used by traffic. The other end of Bailgate leads into Castle Hill, the medieval space which forms the setting across which the Cathedral and Castle face each other, dating from 1072 and 1068 respectively.
The area is a Conservation Area and the buildings are predominantly listed. It is also rich in archaeology with a number of Scheduled Ancient Monuments. Bailgate is noted by locals and tourists alike for its village atmosphere, individual speciality shops and eating establishments. Roughly half way along Bailgate is an area of open space that includes both the site of an early timber church (AD350-650) and a Roman Well. The outline of the church, probably the earliest in Lincolnshire, is marked out in setts on the ground and the Roman well is covered in a glass topping. The church and well are aligned reflecting the religious significance of water.
The area therefore has its origins in Roman Britain, located as it is within the centre of the significant Roman City of Lindum Colonia. The main influences are medieval, dating from the Norman Conquest and William the Conqueror's decision to build a castle and cathedral here. A short walk in this area can show the influence of 1900 years of history which can be seen, touched and walked through.
A beautiful feature Leith Hall is the circular "Moon Gate" leading to the old turnpike road, which was once the main thoroughfare to Aberdeen.
Textures and vintage tints from Stackables and Formulas.
More about Leith Hall and the gardens from the Wiki: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leith_Hall
My Textured set here: Elisa Textured set
My Leith Hall set of photos are here: Elisa Leith Hall
Among the most striking architectural landmarks on the Petrograd Side, the Rosenshtein Apartment Building dominates Ploshchad Lva Tolstogo (Leo Tolstoy Square), at the intersection of the area's two main thoroughfares, Bolshoy Prospekt and Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt. Popularly known as the "House with the Towers", its architecture is an utterly unique mixture of neoclassical and neogothic styles, with its two unmistakable hexagonal towers apparently based on the gatehouse of Maxstoke Castle in Warwickshire, England.
The landplot was acquired in 1910 by Konstantin Rosenshtein, a Ukranian-Jewish civil engineer, architect and factory director. The general design of the building was his, while the elaborate decorations were the work of the artist and architect Andrey Belogrud, whose passion for the Middle Ages (as well as the triangular layout of the plot) gave the building its highly distinctive exterior. Inside, the engineering of the house met the highest standards of the time: the apartments were equipped with gas stoves, a sunken bathtubs, heated closets for drying laundry, and fitted wardrobes. There was also a garage in the courtyard. Construction was completed in 1915.
Before the 1917 revolution, Belogrud himself lived in the highest apartment between the towers, and other residents included the writer Leonid Andreyev and opera singer Alexander Davydov. From 1921 to 1972, the first floor of the "House with Towers" housed a cinema, which then became the Leningrad Television Studio, which in turn was converted into a theatre in 1985. Since 1996, it has been home to the Andrey Mironov Private Theatre. The facades of the House with Towers have recently been fully restored after a fire in 2009, and it remains one of St. Petersburg's most exotic and best-loved buildings.
De Grande Rue is een drukke verkeersader die van het Place Dalton naar het historische centrum van Boulogne-sur-Mer leidt. Het gemiddelde stijgingspercentage is 4,8% en op het steilste stuk 9%.
The Grande Rue is a busy thoroughfare leading from Place Dalton to the historic center of Boulogne-sur-Mer. The average gradient is 4.8%, with the steepest section reaching 9%.
If you drive north west away from Karazhal you will eventually, after sighting spoil heaps on the horizon for some time, cross a single track railway. A dirt road runs parallel with this track, these thoroughfares connect two new opencast mines. Of course we already know about these and set about seeing if there are any trains. To the west is the end of the line, the main mine complex complete with ore preparation works, railway operating centre, offices, everything.
We check it out and see nothing, not of the locomotive kind anyway. But as we drive away a TEM2 heads out, towards the far mine, six kilometres or so to the east. So we follow its progress, and observe it shunting the east complex in the distance, with another locomotive. when they move forward they produce voluminous smoke, blasting skyward. These mines exploit lead and zinc deposits, heavy. If this train comes this way, we can see the gradient...
And so we about turn the car, back to the main road, over the level crossing and down the side onto the grassland below, bouncing the rental car along rutted tracks on the steppe, up to a suitable vantage point.
And then we wait. The trains shunts back and forth. Back and forth. The mosquitoes find us. The sun drops lower. And eventually, a headlamp can bee seen, the TEM2 is ambling back in out direction. But no train!
Oh well, the crew are happy to see us there, they wave back enthusiastically.
Its time to find a place to stay for the night...
TEM2U-9278 runs light between the two opencast mines of Zhairem, Ulytau Region. These new mines, worked by Kazzinc and ultimately owned by Glencore, exploit the lead and zinc deposits here with an ore preparation plant located at the main, western complex. This locomotive had completed shunting manoeuvres at the mines seen beyond and was working back to the depot in the main complex here.
Note the fire extinguishers grouped up by the locomotives cabin. May the 2nd 2025.
Guru is playing in a paper bag in the middle of a major thoroughfare. Otis is making a bee line for the water bowls in the kitchen.
Otis turned 20 years old last November. He has to concentrate when moving around on his unsteady legs. It always makes me strangely proud to see one of the other cats showing deference to him.
Banff is a resort town in the province of Alberta, located within Banff National Park. The peaks of Mt. Rundle and Mt. Cascade, part of the Rocky Mountains, dominate its skyline. On Banff Avenue, the main thoroughfare, boutiques and restaurants mix with château-style hotels and souvenir shops. The surrounding 6,500 square kilometres of parkland are home to wildlife including elk and grizzly bears. Wikipedia
PS Yes, we are on our way back home to Vancouver. Always such a stunning drive through the Rockies from Alberta to the BC coast
Dublín, IRLANDA 2024
South Great George's Street is one of the most historic and vibrant commercial thoroughfares in Dublin city centre, renowned for its strong Victorian architecture and independent character.
Location and Character: It connects Dame Street in the north to Aungier Street in the south. It is one of the few areas in Dublin to retain a consistent Victorian red-brick and even some Georgian architectural feel, distinguishing it from major modern retail areas.
George's Street Arcade: The street's most prominent feature is the George's Street Arcade (originally the South City Markets), Ireland's first purpose-built Victorian shopping centre (opened in 1881, rebuilt after a fire in 1892). This covered arcade is a hub of small, independent shops, vintage goods, books, and coffee spots, serving as the commercial heart of the area.
Significance: The street is a centre for social and retail life, surrounded by other popular streets in the city's "Creative Quarter" (like Fade Street and Drury Street), and is known for its blend of bars, specialised stores, and an eclectic, bohemian atmosphere.
Market street is the main thoroughfare in San Francisco's downtown.
Маркет-стрит - главный проспект делового центра Сан-Франциско.
We had passed this lake a thousand times and never known it was there, hidden by a major thoroughfare and a residential neighborhood. But, once we wended our way down to its small parking lot, followed an easily walked, narrow dirt trail, the vista of a large, tranquil lake, surrounded by marsh reeds, and the twittering of hundreds of feeding swallows made the city melt away.
For at least two years during the Coronavirus pandemic San Francisco closed off the upper Great Highway a north - south thoroughfare to vehicle traffic.
A lot of people, and particularly families who lived in the Sunset District, San Francisco's westernmost neighborhood, took advantage of the closure by walking the along the Great Highway. In addition, people who worked from home, and their children who didn't go to school took advantage of the closures.
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The Center of State Street, Bristol's main downtown thoroughfare marks the Tennessee/Virginia state line. Although the street is technically located in both Tennessee and Virginia, the National Register considers the location as Tennessee. In 1927 the Victor Talking Machine Company (Victor Records) made the first commercially produced country music recordings of local musicians in Bristol and in 1998 the U.S. Congress designated Bristol as the "birthplace of country music". Print Size 13x19 inches. HWW.
For over 50 years Route 66 was the main thoroughfare through Northern Arizona and brought much commerce to the town of Seligman. But on September 22, 1978, the newly constructed Interstate 40 by-passed Seligman and replaced the section of Route 66 that had brought the traffic of thousands of cars through town on a daily basis.
The livelihood of the businesses in Seligman disappeared in one day. All the travelers who had once stopped to eat, get fuel, and stay the night were now quickly driving by just two miles south of Seligman. For ten long years the residents of Seligman learned to live on very little. Businesses closed, townspeople moved, buildings were abandoned.
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, standing at the western end of the Champs-Élysées at the center of Place Charles de Gaulle, formerly named Place de l'Étoile—the étoile or "star" of the juncture formed by its twelve radiating avenues. The location of the arc and the plaza is shared between three arrondissements, 16th (south and west), 17th (north), and 8th (east). The Arc de Triomphe honors those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, with the names of all French victories and generals inscribed on its inner and outer surfaces. Beneath its vault lies the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from World War I.
The central cohesive element of the Axe historique (historic axis, a sequence of monuments and grand thoroughfares on a route running from the courtyard of the Louvre to the Grande Arche de la Défense), the Arc de Triomphe was designed by Jean Chalgrin in 1806; its iconographic programme pits heroically nude French youths against bearded Germanic warriors in chain mail (a type of armor). It set the tone for public monuments with triumphant patriotic messages. Inspired by the Arch of Titus in Rome, Italy, the Arc de Triomphe has an overall height of 50 m (164 ft), width of 45 m (148 ft) and depth of 22 m (72 ft), while its large vault is 29.19 m (95.8 ft) high and 14.62 m (48.0 ft) wide. The smaller transverse vaults are 18.68 m (61.3 ft) high and 8.44 m (27.7 ft) wide. Three weeks after the Paris victory parade in 1919 (marking the end of hostilities in World War I), Charles Godefroy flew his Nieuport biplane under the arch's primary vault, with the event captured on newsreel.
Paris's Arc de Triomphe was the tallest triumphal arch until the completion of the Monumento a la Revolución in Mexico City in 1938, which is 67 m (220 ft) high. The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang, completed in 1982, is modeled on the Arc de Triomphe and is slightly taller at 60 m (197 ft). The Grande Arche in La Défense near Paris is 110 meters high. Although it is not named an Arc de Triomphe, it has been designed on the same model and from the perspective of the Arc de Triomphe. It qualifies as the world's tallest arch.
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A pedestrian thoroughfare, it is the street which contains the greatest number of Rome-based Italian fashion retailers. It is one of the most expensive streets in Europe.
Gorokhovaya Street (Russian: Горо́ховая у́лица) is a north-south thoroughfare in the Central Business District of Saint Petersburg.
Gorokhovaya Street is one of central Saint Petersburg's major thoroughfares, extending from the Admiralty and running south, crossing the Moyka River and the Griboyedov Canal, crossing Sadovaya Street near Sennaya Square. Continuing south, it crosses the Fontanka River with the Semenovsky Bridge, and ends at Zagorodny Prospect.
St. Mark's Square in Venice, Italy.
Venice, the capital of northern Italy’s Veneto region, is built on more than 100 small islands in a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. It has no roads, just canals – including the Grand Canal thoroughfare – lined with Renaissance and Gothic palaces. The central square, Piazza San Marco, contains St. Mark’s Basilica, which is tiled with Byzantine mosaics, and the Campanile bell tower offering views of the city’s red roofs.
Charing Cross is a major junction centrally located in the city of Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. It is the intersection, or crossing point, of four of Bendigo's main streets: High Street, View Street, Pall Mall and Mitchell Street. As the Midland Highway, one of Bendigo's main thoroughfares, passes through Charing Cross, the highway is named High Street to the south-west and Pall Mall to the north-east of Charing Cross.
Charing Cross in Bendigo is named for Charing Cross in England, the junction in London which, since the early 19th century, has been the notional "centre of London". Like its English namesake, Pall Mall in Bendigo is also in the immediate vicinity of Charing Cross.
History
After rapid European settlement in the Bendigo Valley following the official discovery of gold on Bendigo Creek in October 1851, the "Charing Cross" junction, together with neighbouring "Pall Mall", was planned in 1858 by the government and district surveyor Richard William Larritt, who planned the original township of "Sandhurst" in his "Plan of the Valley of Bendigo". Bendigo was officially named "Sandhurst" from 1853 to 1891. In 1861, to "retain an association with Pall Mall and Charing Cross", there was even a proposal to give the name St James's Park to what became the adjacent Rosalind Park, as St James's Park in London is also in the immediate proximity of Charing Cross and Pall Mall.
Charing Cross is the location of the Alexandra Fountain. The fountain, one of Bendigo's prominent 19th-century landmarks designed by the notable goldfields architect William Vahland, is built on a wide bridge spanning a large viaduct above the Bendigo Creek which runs beneath the intersection.
The location of Charing Cross has been a crossing point over the Bendigo Creek since the 1840s.
Charing Cross was also the intersection of Bendigo's two main tram lines, one line of which survives today as part of the infrastructure of trams in Bendigo. The Charing Cross tram stop is the second stop on the vintage "Talking Tram" network which is operated by Bendigo Tramways, under the supervision of the Bendigo Trust.
The main entrance to Rosalind Park is at the north-western corner of Charing Cross, through the Queen's Gardens which feature a prominent statue of Queen Victoria, the reigning British monarch when the city of Bendigo was founded in 1851.
The south-eastern corner of Charing Cross is the location of the Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's head office, the only Australian bank headquarters located outside a capital city.
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For those who lost a loved one this year.
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This shot was ready to go to the bin, but I liked the composition and then I tried to salvage the image, basicly I create the lights effects, enhanced the sharpness and blured some areas.
Location: Ross Castle - Ross Road - Killarney - Co Kerry - Ireland - IE - Europe - EU
Photographer: Mark
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Montreal, CANADÀ 2024.
Rue Saint-Viateur Ouest (Saint-Viateur Street West) is one of Montreal's best-known thoroughfares, particularly famous for its cultural and commercial concentration in the Mile End neighbourhood.
Origin of the Name: The name honors the religious congregation of the Clercs de Saint-Viateur (Clerics of St. Viateur), whose provincial house was located alongside the street.
Heart of Mile End: The western section of the street, particularly within the Mile End area (west of Saint-Laurent Boulevard), is considered the central commercial artery and heart of this vibrant and creative neighbourhood.
Emblematic Cuisine: The street is renowned for its wood-fired bagel rivalry. The flagship bakery of St-Viateur Bagel (at 263 Rue St-Viateur O.) is one of Montreal's most famous culinary institutions.
Urban Character: Rue Saint-Viateur Ouest mixes traditional Montreal residential architecture with new and old commercial spaces, including galleries, specialized shops, and modern developments replacing old industrial buildings or garages.
Extension: The street transitions into Avenue Saint-Viateur as it crosses into the Outremont borough.
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Pedder Street is a major thoroughfare in the core of Hong Kong's Central District. It runs south–north from Queen's Road Central, continues through Des Voeux Road Central, and ends at its intersection with Connaught Road Central.
The street was named after Lieutenant William Pedder, first lieutenant of the Nemesis, Britain's first ocean-going iron warship, and the first harbour master of Hong Kong. Pedder Street was established at the centre of Hong Kong's commerce in the early colonial days.
The premises of Hong Kong's two most powerful trading hongs at the time, Dent & Co. and Jardine, Matheson & Co., were located on The Praya Central, Victoria's original waterfront, on the opposite sides of Pedder Street. Dent & Co., one of the key founding members of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited, had a sprawling complex which stretched along the Praya, and a west wing which abutted Pedder Street.
Originally, Pedder Street ran from Pedder's Hill, where the Harbour Master's Office was established, south to north ending at Pedder's Wharf on the Praya. The street was extended north by 1904 when the Praya Reclamation Scheme finished transforming the old Praya into the modern day Des Voeux Road, along with a further stretch of land running north up to Connaught Road on which the General Post Office and Union Building were built.
The new pier built at the end of Pedder Street following the reclamation was named "Blake Pier" after the city's 13th Governor.
When walking around waiting for an appointment (with my dentist in case you wondered ...), I noticed this tiny alleyway. I happened to pass just at a time when the sun came out full beam on an otherwise overcast day. I found the contrasty feel with the subtle fresh new leafs against a harsh tired concrete fence interesting. The distinct geometrical shadow from a sign on the opposite side created a wee bit of a juxtaposition feel.
In the rain, a bald eagle intently watches waterfowl, their catches, and me. I was surprised to see her in the city (of Louisville) on the side of a major thoroughfare. I think that the look she is throwing at me is -- hey, I'm working here. Her potential prey could not see me.
Royal Route: The city has some buildings surviving from the time of the Hanseatic League. Most tourist attractions are located along or near Ulica Długa (Long Street) and Długi Targ (Long Market), a pedestrian thoroughfare surrounded by buildings reconstructed in historical (primarily during the 17th century) style and flanked at both ends by elaborate city gates. This part of the city is sometimes referred to as the Royal Route, since it was once the former path of processions for visiting Kings of Poland. Gdańsk Town Hall
Ratusz Głównego Miasta. Oddział Muzeum Gdańska
Gdańsk Main Town Hall is a historic Ratusz located in the Gdańsk Main City borough of Śródmieście. It is one of the finest examples of the Gothic-Renaissance historic buildings in the city, built at the intersection of Ulica Długa and Długi Targ, in the most popular part of Gdańsk. The Main Town Hall in Gdańsk houses the History Museum of the City of Gdańsk.
The Main Town Hall in Gdańsk is located on Ulica Długa, part of the Royal Route.
The oldest fragments of the town hall come from 1327 to 1336 - the building was then much smaller in size, which led to its expansion in the subsequent years.
The first major expansion of the building began in 1378. The tower was complete in the years of 1486-1488; the building of which was led by Henryk Hetzel. The tower was completed by Michał Enkinger, with a high dome in 1492.
Heavily damaged in WW2, with the loss of the top of the tower, it was carefully repaired and reconstructed, largely complete by 1952.
This road, a major thoroughfare was a dirt road until recently. This dead tree, now long gone.
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This beautiful pedestrian thoroughfare, known as Margaret's Buildings, lies between Royal Crescent and The Circus on the northern side of Bath's city centre. Here there are a number of delightful independent shops plus a very nice cafe - on the right - where we enjoyed a coffee and the opportunity to take the weight off our feet. Many of the buildings in this street are Grade II-listed and date from the latter part of the 18th century.
Panama City is notorious for its traffic jams during rush hour. Panama Route 852 is the main thoroughfare between Balboa Heights, and Puente Centenario near Pedro Miguel. This evening's traffic jam into the capitol was actually pretty normal, as it took us (My dad and I) roughly 30 minutes to travel 1 mile. There are worst places to wait out a jam though. Perched above Calle Alemania, I have a clear view of the P.I.T. (Pacific Intermodal Terminal). PCRC 1871 waits in the P.I.T. for a fresh crew to take the train north to Colon.
15th September 2016 - It still stuns me how in this modern world we live that senior citizens such as this lady have to sit on the floor in one of the busiest thoroughfares of Palma begging for money
Rayer Bazar Boddho Bhumi:
Rayer Bazaar is a well-known thoroughfare in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh. It is generally regarded as one of the historical areas of the city. Rayer Bazaar was founded during the colonial period most probably in the 19th century. It was the potters who first started to live here beside the Turag River. This Place was most probably named after someone titled Ray. It was easy to find the clays used to make pots in this area and spread it around by boats as it was situated near the river
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Rayer Bazaar Bodhdhobhumi is located in Mohammadpur near Beribadh area in Dhaka District. This area is mainly an extension of the Turag River. The Martyred Intellectuals Memorial was established here in 14 December 1993 by ex Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia.
In ancient Jerusalem, this was the main thoroughfare.
It was paved in the second century..
It was the meeting place for residents.
Israel.
Covent Garden is a district in London, on the eastern fringes of the West End, between St Martin's Lane and Drury Lane.[1] It is associated with the former fruit-and-vegetable market in the central square, now a popular shopping and tourist site, and with the Royal Opera House, itself known as "Covent Garden".[2] The district is divided by the main thoroughfare of Long Acre, north of which is given over to independent shops centred on Neal's Yard and Seven Dials, while the south contains the central square with its street performers and most of the historical buildings, theatres and entertainment facilities, including the London Transport Museum
The area was fields until briefly settled in the 7th century when it became the heart of the Anglo-Saxon trading town of Lundenwic, then abandoned at the end of the 9th century after which it returned to fields.[3] By 1200 part of it had been walled off by the Abbot of Westminster Abbey for use as arable land and orchards, later referred to as "the garden of the Abbey and Convent", and later "the Convent Garden". Following the Dissolution of the Monasteries it was granted in 1552 by the young King Edward VI to John Russell, 1st Earl of Bedford (c.1485–1555), the trusted adviser to his father King Henry VIII. The 4th Earl commissioned Inigo Jones to build some fine houses to attract wealthy tenants. Jones designed the Italianate arcaded square along with the church of St Paul's. The design of the square was new to London and had a significant influence on modern town planning, acting as the prototype for new estates as London grew
By 1654 a small open-air fruit-and-vegetable market had developed on the south side of the fashionable square. Gradually, both the market and the surrounding area fell into disrepute, as taverns, theatres, coffee houses and brothels opened up.[5] By the 18th century it had become notorious for its abundance of brothels. An Act of Parliament was drawn up to control the area, and Charles Fowler's neo-classical building was erected in 1830 to cover and help organise the market. The market grew and further buildings were added: the Floral Hall, Charter Market, and in 1904 the Jubilee Market. By the end of the 1960s traffic congestion was causing problems, and in 1974 the market relocated to the New Covent Garden Market about three miles (5 km) southwest at Nine Elms. The central building re-opened as a shopping centre in 1980 and is now a tourist location containing cafes, pubs, small shops, and a craft market called the Apple Market, along with another market held in the Jubilee Hall
Via Condotti is a pedestrian thoroughfare and is the street which contains the greatest number of Rome-based Italian fashion retailers. It is one of the most expensive streets in Europe.
Photographed in the Baja California Park, Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, California. The BCP is located along the busy thoroughfare where one of my favorite walking places near my house is located.
Perth, AUSTRÀLIA 2023
Murray Street is one of the main thoroughfares in downtown Perth, Western Australia, and one of the city's oldest streets. It was originally named in honor of Sir George Murray, the Secretary of State for War and the Colonies. The central part of the street, known as the Murray Street Mall, is a lively pedestrian promenade and a key shopping destination. Here you'll find major department stores, fashion retailers, and international brands. The street is also notable for its historic buildings and architecture, which date back to the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Murray Street extends from the city's outskirts to St Mary's Cathedral, showcasing a blend of modern commerce and cultural heritage. Along its path, the street connects to the central railway station and various shopping arcades that link it to the nearby Hay Street.
Barnacles, a snail and seaweed in Grand Harbour on Grand Manan Island, New Brunswick, Canada.
One of the lesser known gems on Grand Manan Island, is along Thoroughfare Rd. in Grand Harbour.
Those familiar with the area, know it as a crossing point (low tide only) to Ross Island.
I was drawn to the crossing point years ago due to its former lobster ponds, comprised of netted, wooden enclosures and walkways, now in deteriorated condition.
At low tide, it is a treasure trove of barnacles, snails, mussels, clamshells and seaweed.
The avenue near the Nicholas Station, 1890s
Nevsky Prospect is the main street in the city of St. Petersburg, Russia. Planned by Peter the
Great as the beginning of the road to Novgorod and Moscow, the avenue runs from the Admiralty to the
Moscow Railway Station and, after making a turn at Vosstaniya Square, to the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
The Nevsky today functions as the main thoroughfare in Saint Petersburg.
The majority of the city's shopping and nightlife are located on or right off the Nevsky Prospekt.