Posts Tagged ‘Armenia’
The Hanging Gardens of . . .
November 20th, 2009 | 
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Yerevan.
Yes, that's right. The New York times just covered the opening of the Cafesjian Center for the Arts in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. This US$40 million art center sits on top of the Cascade, an ostentatious yet delightful structure that sums up Armenia. As true with any nationality, being part Armenian, I had to visit the ancestral homeland, so I've done so, twice. And that was enough. But one of the best features about Yerevan is the Cascade: a decadent, grandiose temple mixing Soviet chic with Art Deco ornaments--and it works!
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Posted in International, art and culture, construction and architecture | 
Tags: architecture, Armenia, Cafesjian Center, Cascade, Yerevan | 
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Renewing Armenia
Right now the Armenian-American community, and much of the Armenian diaspora in general, is up in arms over the new protocols in the works between the Armenian and Turkish governments. The history between the Armenians and Turks is a tortured one. My grandmother is an Armenian genocide survivor, and this is a chapter of history that unfortunately the Turks have successfully whitewashed. I do question the protocols' fairness between two nations, one in a precarious economic state with a population of about 3 million, the other, an emerging powerhouse with abundant resources for its 71 million citizens.
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Posted in International, energy, politics |
Tags: Armenia, Armenia-Turkey protocols, Armenian, clean energy |
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