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RE: Tallinna Linnahall, Estonia

in Worldmappin9 months ago

Very sad to see this kind of decay of a major structure that was once important, and a symbol of something thriving. The Olympics are strange, though... it's great prestige for a a place to host the Games, but most of the host cities don't actually need many of the facilities built for the occasion. I suppose the secret — if there is one — is to repurpose the structures for something actually relevant to the community.

Nice juxtaposition of the shiny new with the decay!

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It would be interesting to see how different host countries have dealt with the venues after the games. I know after London hosted the games in 2012 its made a lot of effort to reuse the venues. The Olympic park was just outside London accessible by public transport and next to a very big shopping centre, so I think utilisation is pretty good. And the main stadium is now taken over by West Ham (one of the Premier League football clubs) solving one very big problem