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A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Re: A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Post by sparkling »

toyg wrote: post #6

It looks really nice, but this picture is revealing: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/19/16/4396738-6185497-im... The bit on the left, I assume, is the modern terminal. Notice the scale. The old building is small, for modern use. If it gets preserved, they must find a way to generate some additional income, because it's probably too obsolete to do that as an actual airport.

Given that the new terminal is just a few minutes aways, its probably safe to say that security is very tight and urban explorers cant enter the old building? Maybe someone from Armenia has some details?

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Post by TheOtherHobbes »

raverbashing wrote: post #4

Luxury and Soviet Era really don't go together. See Berlin Schönefeld for an example.

Luxury and Soviet Era went together very well indeed for Party VIPs. This would have been a prime example when it was new.

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Post by mamikonyana »

toyg wrote: post #6

It looks really nice, but this picture is revealing: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/19/16/4396738-6185497-im... The bit on the left, I assume, is the modern terminal. Notice the scale. The old building is small, for modern use. If it gets preserved, they must find a way to generate some additional income, because it's probably too obsolete to do that as an actual airport.

The old Terminal is really small, but the new terminal is not that much bigger. Having flowed out of both I don't think the size is the problem. The problem is lack of desire to invest (probably justifird financially) in presercing the building.

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Post by toyg »

raverbashing wrote: post #9
toyg wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I might agree on the sentiment but East Germany was not part of the USSR, technically. The USSR proper had some very interesting periods, in terms of architecture. Like all countries that could start basically from scratch, they were free to experiment and dream; some of those dreams turned into nightmares, but others did advance the state of the art.

Well while it was not annexed by the USSR like Armenia it was behind the Iron Curtain.

The Warsaw Pact was an alliance of nominally-independent states. They all relied on the USSR in one way or another, but they had their internal dynamics and cultural differences. Their architectural efforts were often manneristic towards Soviet styles, rather than original.

Re: A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Post by mamikonyana »

sparkling wrote: post #11
toyg wrote: post #6

It looks really nice, but this picture is revealing: https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/09/19/16/4396738-6185497-im... The bit on the left, I assume, is the modern terminal. Notice the scale. The old building is small, for modern use. If it gets preserved, they must find a way to generate some additional income, because it's probably too obsolete to do that as an actual airport.

Given that the new terminal is just a few minutes aways, its probably safe to say that security is very tight and urban explorers cant enter the old building? Maybe someone from Armenia has some details?

It is technically still part of the airport, so it's private property and you can't enter there. Haven't tried how tight the security is myself.

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Post by mamikonyana »

I was always surprised how little people care in Armenia about the old airport. Imagine you land in an airport that is nothing like all the other "conventional" airports with high ceilings and huge open areas. Wouldn't you want to just fly to Armenia if your experience starts in a museum like airport? Probably Armenians would not care too much to frequent in the old terminal, but it could be a nice turist attraction, no?

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Post by CaptainZapp »

raverbashing wrote: post #4

Luxury and Soviet Era really don't go together. See Berlin Schönefeld for an example.

Never been to Schönefeld, but even Tegel is a bit of a disgrace for the main airport of the German capital.

There's always Berlin Brandenburg, which should open any day now.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Brandenburg_Airport

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mamikonyana wrote: post #16

I was always surprised how little people care in Armenia about the old airport. Imagine you land in an airport that is nothing like all the other "conventional" airports with high ceilings and huge open areas. Wouldn't you want to just fly to Armenia if your experience starts in a museum like airport? Probably Armenians would not care too much to frequent in the old terminal, but it could be a nice turist attraction,…

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Post by argsv »

Off-topic, on a reasonably fast connection on a machine with Intel i7 and 16 GB of RAM, this page loads slowly and scrolling is painfully slow and not smooth. No ad blocker because this is a new machine and new setup. Of course, I will add an ad blocker extension.

Re: A Soviet-era airport, once the height of luxury, faces demolition in Armenia

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Post by sparkling »

mamikonyana wrote: post #15
sparkling wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Given that the new terminal is just a few minutes aways, its probably safe to say that security is very tight and urban explorers cant enter the old building? Maybe someone from Armenia has some details?

It is technically still part of the airport, so it's private property and you can't enter there. Haven't tried how tight the security is myself.

Most lost places are technically still private property... im just asking what the chances are of sitting in an Amrenian jail when sneaking in.
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