Greetings friends, today I want to show you some photos of unusual sights. I took these photos during a walk on one of the first days of spring. The beginning of spring in our city often looks like this: high blue sky, bright sun overhead, snow and ice underfoot. However, this time I have nothing to complain about: there was no snowfall the day before, the janitorial service managed to clear the main streets and pavements, so it was quite comfortable to walk around. The only place where the ice remained untouched was on the walkway around the iron horse. I had to be very careful and slow to get close to this landmark and photograph the details.
As I examined this sculpture I wondered if the expression "iron horse" is common throughout the world. Perhaps in some countries they say "iron deer" or "iron camel"? I could easily draw an analogy between a car and a camel; they have a lot in common! I decided to ask wikipedia and I found out some interesting details. It turns out that a silent western by John Ford, The Iron Horse, was released in 1924. The film was about building a railway. It seems that the authors of this title had steam locomotives in mind, not cars or motorbikes.
The sculpture of the iron horse is installed in the yard of the Lenpoligrafmash multi-purpose enterprise (stands for Printing Machine Plant). The factory buildings are located in another district, in an industrial zone on the outskirts of the city. And this is where the management services, sales representatives and the like are located. Apart from that there are a few coffee shops and restaurants. One of the fast-food places I saw as I walked around the courtyard was a bistro selling noodles and rice.
On the wall of one of the buildings, you can see the logo of the business. The letters "Л", "П" and "M" are inscribed inside each other. The buildings are connected by passageways and one of the communication pipes is decorated with suspended figures.
In fact, the main purpose of this walk of mine was not the iron horse or other art objects on the site. I chose this area for my walk because I wanted to see the designer lanterns.
I had read about these lanterns in the city newspaper, and in the night photos in the newspaper the lanterns looked mysterious and enchanting. In reality it wasn't that interesting: the square is quite small and the strange striped vertical structures don't attract much attention during the day. In the evening, these poles glow, and the picture is very different.
I continued my walk and soon came to the square named after the composer Andrei Petrov. The wall of this square is decorated with bas-reliefs of cultural figures. This wall is called the "wall of centuries". Bas-reliefs have appeared in honour of 100-year jubilees of the prominent people who are depicted here.
To finish the walk I'd like to show you another interesting art object. These are the showcases of the Bolshoi Puppet Theatre. They are decorated with such imagination and high professionalism that you can look at these compositions for a long time. Even if you have long since left childhood and have begun to forget the fairy tale stories.
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| Smartphone | Google Pixel 3a |
| Location | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
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Great art! Love the horse.
It's a great sculpture! Thank you!:)
Hi,
I learnt something new today about the iron horse sculpture and its origin, thanks to you 🙂. The designer lanterns and the showcases of the Bolshoi Puppet Theatre are also very creative and beautiful. It's always good to see how art can be found in unexpected places. It looks like you had a wonderful day exploring your city. Thank you for taking us along with you and sharing. 😊
Thank you very much for stopping by, @bigabigail!
I have also seen this concept of making creations from recovered iron here in Romania, I can say that I am impressed when I see that scrap metal objects come to life in such creations.
I really like this use of scrap metal, it gives extra meaning to the result. Thank you very much!
You're welcome.
I'm sure this horse took a long time to put together.
For sure! It's a long process to get all the parts so precisely arranged.
Espectacular, It reminds me of an old steam engine that I had as a child, the Horse. it was set up in a similar way, beautiful work and a super good angle of capture. @tatdt
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Thank you very much!