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Caught red-handed298 viewsThe arch-revolutionary is caught red-handed with a couple of red-shirted Commie terrorists standing in front of him.Sep 23, 2021
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Lenin Plaza232 viewsThe little plaza behind the statue of Lenin hosts a grinder shop and a Middle Eastern eatery.Sep 23, 2021
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Flames and Guns217 viewsThe sculptural adjuncts surrounding Lenin are supposed to represent flames and guns. The sculptor did not intend this portrayal to be adulatory, but rather critical - he created it at the height of perestroika, just before the collapse of Communism, at a time when such expressions had become permissible.Sep 23, 2021
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The Commies are Coming237 viewsA red-shirted terrorist poses in front of a statue of the head revolutionary.Sep 23, 2021
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What is Lenin doing in Seattle?226 viewsThis 16-foot-tall, 7-ton statue of Lenin was created by a Bulgarian sculptor, Emil Venkov, in 1988 as part of an arts competition. It stood in Czechoslovakia but was toppled in the 1989 revolution and tossed in a junkyard, where it was found and purchased by an American, who brought it to the USA.Sep 23, 2021
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Looking back266 viewsContinuing west on North 36th Street, we arrived at its intersection with Fremont Place and Evanston Avenue, whereupon I turned around and shot this picture of the pleasant shady way we had taken.Sep 23, 2021
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Arrival242 viewsNick, Jane and Sandie congratulate one another on reaching our destination on foot and unscathed, after an arduous and arduous hike of four or five blocks.Sep 23, 2021
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Surly Troll258 viewsThe Troll appears to be glaring at me with his one eye. I glared back at him.Sep 23, 2021
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The Troll and I206 viewsI had Nick try to get a picture of yours truly with the Troll with as few people as possible in the frame; this was the best he could do.Sep 23, 2021
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The Gripping Hand223 viewsI finally was able to get an unobstructed view of part of the troll: his hand. It's grasping a wrecked VW Beetle - a real one.Sep 23, 2021
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Troll with Abductee200 viewsThis is about as close as I could get to an unobstructed view of the Fremont Troll. At least the obstruction in this view is a comely young lass.Sep 23, 2021
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Troll Bridge242 viewsUnder this Aurora Street/US 99 bridge in the Fremont District lurks a gigantic troll. Sandie is also lurking nearby.Sep 23, 2021
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