New and old

The point of today's blip was the spectacular sunset, which provided a fitting end to a beautiful autumn day in Moscow. However, upon looking at the picture in some detail a lot more emerged!

The modern skyscraper - at left - located in the Moscow City complex (Moscow's challenge to Wall Street) provides an interesting contrast to the spire of the Hotel Ukraina - at right - one of Stalin's Seven Sisters (and the Soviet Union's challenge to the Empire State Building and other global skyscrapers).

And, coincidentally, it is 67 years to the day today that a foundation stone was laid simultaneously on 7 September 1947 at each of the sites to signal the start of construction of the Seven Sisters ("At 1pm on September 7 of the same year, during the celebration of Moscow’s 800th anniversary, the first stone of each skyscraper was laid in a special ceremony."). Another one of the Sisters featured in my 18th January blip.

Landscapes always look better in LARGE VIEW.