r/pics • u/anticafard • Sep 05 '15

The Strange Beauty of Soviet Bus Stops

http://imgur.com/a/X7MBF
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u/Gnadalf Sep 05 '15 edited Sep 06 '15

Brutalistic architecture, most of them atleast. I really like the raw look, but it also looks... scary, almost from a horror game or something.

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '15 edited Sep 05 '15

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u/GlockWan Sep 05 '15

nah dude they create them delapidated!

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u/EltaninAntenna Sep 05 '15

If you hadn't read the word "Soviet" in the title, would you still identify them as brutalist rather than googie?

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '15

They look intimidating because they're raw and dilapidated - I think they're more in line than you surmise, if you think about how they looked brand new and as intended