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Lenin Plaza622 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 Guns588 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 Coming669 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?577 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 back646 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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Arrival619 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 Troll688 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 I629 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 Hand648 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 Abductee630 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 Bridge665 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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Popular Ogre574 viewsThe Fremont Troll is one of the most popular attractions in Seattle, and it was impossible to get a shot with no people in the picture without waiting for nightfall, and I didn't want to wait that long.Sep 23, 2021
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