RigaMapMay 13–14, 2014 There are still a few wooden houses left downtown, but they’re semi-abandoned.  A new tram.  Roofs.  Roots.  By the way, Riga has more buildings with blind side walls than any other city in the world. Every blind wall means there was originally a plan to keep building in that direction, but then something changed. Because when there are no plans to add onto a building, its side wall is given windows.  The horrible tradition of framing road signs in neon yellow has found its way here, too.  A panorama of Riga.  |
