Fremont District, Seattle

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Mini-Roundabout on 36th Street618 viewsAfter viewing the Troll, we headed west on North 36th Street, passing this cute little tree whimsically placed in the middle of the street as kind of a mini-roundabout.

The Communist and the Cafes614 viewsLew Carpenter, the American who bought the Lenin statue in Poprad, Slovakia, wanted to start a restaurant with the statue out front, but he was killed in a car accident in 1995 before he could realize his dream. However, in a way it did come to fruition: Lenin now stands in a plaza in front of two cafes.

Garage Access610 viewsThe tiny garage in the last picture is apparently associated with the house on top and accessed from the house via the gate on the left. It doesn't strike me as a terribly convenient arrangement.

Home for Christmas600 viewsNick and Jane's apartment complex comes with ready-made Christmas trees.

Flames and Guns597 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.

What is Lenin doing in Seattle?595 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.

Popular Ogre583 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.

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