Wednesday, 28 February 2007, 16:53
Suburban area to city’s south [location].
Monday, 26 February 2007, 16:29
Large stadium and sports centre [location] [offical website].
Monday, 26 February 2007, 16:04
A suburban area to the west of the city centre [location].
Sunday, 25 February 2007, 17:48
Sunday, 25 February 2007, 8:33
60km north-east of Riga. Footprints from last night’s midnight sauna [location]
Saturday, 24 February 2007, 13:53
A restricted industrial port area north of Daugavgrīva [location].
Saturday, 24 February 2007, 13:00
A restricted military zone north of Daugavgrīvas cietoksnis [location].
Saturday, 24 February 2007, 12:04
Daugavgrīvas cietoksnis an 13th century fortification to protect the mouth of Daugava and the orginal settlement up river. Used as a military base until the withdraw of Soviet forces [location] [vēsture].
Saturday, 24 February 2007, 11:40
Daugavgrīva is a small industrial town at the Daugava’s mouth [location].
Saturday, 24 February 2007, 10:42
Dzegužkalns is the highest natural point in Riga at twenty-three metres [location].
Saturday, 24 February 2007, 10:00
Friday, 23 February 2007, 15:21
[location].
Friday, 23 February 2007, 13:39
[location].
Friday, 23 February 2007, 12:47
Steve has arrived for a weekend visit. It was decided to cross the, snow covered, frozen river. The old men are still fishing. [location]
Vanšu tilts
Tuesday, 20 February 2007, 14:33
Snow sweeper on Akmens tilts
Monument for “The Revolution of The Fifth Year” [location]; sits across road from The House of Artist’s Union (background), which houses the RIXC offices, my studio and accomodation. See how it looked on the 12 February
Railway bridge over Daugava
view towards Vanšu tilts, which holds the title of 47th of the world’s largest cable-stayed bridge with a span of 312 metres [location].
Sunday, 18 February 2007, 14:15
Railway station
New dwellings built around lake to south-east of neighbourhood
“Zolitūde is a neighbourhood located on the city’s western edge consisting mostly of prefabricated Soviet-built apartments; built in the early 1980s. The population is mostly Russian-speaking. The proximity to the international airport, the seaside resorts of Jurmala, and the new architecture have made it attractive for young families. Most residents commute to the central business district by the electric railway; with two stations in the area” [editted quote] [location].
Sunday, 18 February 2007, 11:55
Centre distance is man with child walking along the frozen river [location].
Saturday, 17 February 2007, 14:45
“In 1941 – 1945 here, in Bikernieki Forest, Nazis [...] murdered thousands of Jews [...] [and] politically persecuted persons and Soviet Prisoners of War”; mass graves [location].
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