A lost city: Photos of Bucharest's past

[jenquest]

Worth a read:

"Andrei Pandele was a young architect when he began photographing his home country, Romania, in the 1970s. His camera captured a period of huge change under communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. For some, his stunning photos are now a painful reminder of a time of destruction, and a life lost."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24368485

 

[Addy101]

Interesting, while googling for more I found this: Romania: Life 1975-89

TFS.

 

[Out to Lunch]

Jenquest and Addy, thanks for posting. I am presently living and working in Bucharest and the effect of Ceausescu's 'city planning' -or the wholesale destruction of very large areas of the city, is still much noticeable today. This said, parts of the 'old city' are now restored and coming back to life.

 

[johannielscom]

Visited Bucharest in the early 1990s and stayed for six weeks. I had a Romanian girlfriend.

The most horrible aspect of the Palace of the People is rarely told: Ceaucescu planned a new order for Romania, with the Palace of the People as the radiant center. Around it in concentric apartment buildings the communist party members would be housed, ranked to their importance.
Finally, those who refused to join the Communist Party would be moved to the outer rim and declared stateless once the New Romania was proclaimed.

Thanks for posting the link, impressive shots indeed!


Peter, ask the locals what's on the bottom of the Bucharest Morii Lake Ceaucescu had dug for his yacht and you'll get interesting stories!