Category: Architecture

Update 2: Charles Bridge-cleaner Miloslav Cerny murdered his wife and her lover in 1999, and served 12 and a half years of a 20-year prison sentence (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Crime / Law / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts / Violence

3 August, 2019

Update 2: Charles Bridge-cleaner Miloslav Cerny murdered his wife and her lover in 1999, and served 12 and a half years of a 20-year prison sentence (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Richard Vyskovsky, creator of ingenious paper models for Czech children’s magazine ABC, dies at the age of 90 (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Art / Children / Design / Social Media Posts / Technology / Tragedies

2 August, 2019

Richard Vyskovsky, creator of ingenious paper models for Czech children’s magazine ABC, dies at the age of 90 (iDNES.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Update: Charles Bridge’s phantom cleaner reveals his identity: Miloslav Cerny, who makes his living removing graffiti, used high-pressure steam jet and says his technique is more efficient and less damaging than that planned by official restorers (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Crime / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

1 August, 2019

Update: Charles Bridge’s phantom cleaner reveals his identity: Miloslav Cerny, who makes his living removing graffiti, used high-pressure steam jet and says his technique is more efficient and less damaging than that planned by official restorers (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

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Person or persons unknown cleans German tourists’ graffiti off Charles Bridge, before official restoration work begins; conservationists worried that paint-removal might have damaged bridge’s stonework (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Crime / Prague Tourism / Social Media Posts

29 July, 2019

Person or persons unknown cleans German tourists’ graffiti off Charles Bridge, before official restoration work begins; conservationists worried that paint-removal might have damaged bridge’s stonework (Seznam Zpravy) [Social Media Post]

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Terton Foundation, led by Tibetan Lama Tsori Dechen Rinpoce, wants to turn former “Wannieck” coal mine in Kamenne Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, into Buddhist centre (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Real Estate / Religion / Social Media Posts

13 June, 2019

Terton Foundation, led by Tibetan Lama Tsori Dechen Rinpoce, wants to turn former “Wannieck” coal mine in Kamenne Zehrovice, Central Bohemia, into Buddhist centre (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Czech internet users mock celebrity Emma Smetana for posting Notre Dame fire selfie on Instagram (Expres.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Architecture / Celebrities / Internet / Social Media Posts

16 April, 2019

Czech internet users mock celebrity Emma Smetana for posting Notre Dame fire selfie on Instagram (Expres.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Culture Minister Antonin Stanek to offer France help from Czech church-restoration experts if Notre Dame can be saved from fire (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

Accidents / Architecture / Foreigners / Social Media Posts

16 April, 2019

Culture Minister Antonin Stanek to offer France help from Czech church-restoration experts if Notre Dame can be saved from fire (Aktualne.cz) [Social Media Post]

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City of Prague plans new “Cubist” bridge, known as “Dvorecky most”, between Prague 4-Podoli and Prague 5-Zlichov; construction could begin in 2022 (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Prague Travel / Social Media Posts

11 April, 2019

City of Prague plans new “Cubist” bridge, known as “Dvorecky most”, between Prague 4-Podoli and Prague 5-Zlichov; construction could begin in 2022 (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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Video: Pardubice residents continue to use spectacularly dangerous wooden footbridge across Chrudimka river despite closure and repeated warnings (Nova) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Local News / Social Media Posts / WTF

2 April, 2019

Video: Pardubice residents continue to use spectacularly dangerous wooden footbridge across Chrudimka river despite closure and repeated warnings (Nova) [Social Media Post]

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Prague 5’s notorious giant concrete planters set to disappear from streets “within three months”; local council gave all 239 away to anyone willing to transport them (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

Architecture / Environment / Social Media Posts / Ugly Places

27 March, 2019

Prague 5’s notorious giant concrete planters set to disappear from streets “within three months”; local council gave all 239 away to anyone willing to transport them (Denik.cz) [Social Media Post]

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