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[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Factory. The white brick add-ons are weird. Is this in Russia or that general area?

[–]GraviAss We Can[S] 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

It's in Latvia, Liepāja, this is most likely an Empire time building I would like to presume due to it's bricks and due to the proximity of the port, it's literally in the port area and the port was expanded upon in the Empire times.

[–]NodeThis is my flair. There are many like it, but this one is mine. 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

https://www.google.com/maps/@56.5189857,21.0034387,3a,75y,199.59h,100.5t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKDZd0Eg2kEDzzi45Kjkghw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

The backside has definitely seen better days. That whole port area has some amazingly 'vintage' buildings.

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That's an old picture, if I remember correctly that is all boarded up now, at least the doors.

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https://www.google.com/maps/@56.528357,21.0034441,3a,45.5y,243.33h,96.99t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sG8Emyhjhjq482WDgeWTx2w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Some of the buildings in that area look like something you'd see on a movie set. Same with all those detailed brick port/factory buildings, and that round brick guard tower at the port entrance.

Interesting range of different styles of houses in the different areas.

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Those buildings are apartment buildings, people live in those till this day, it's just Imperial era buildings, those buildings can be quite warm actually even with their lacklustre appearance, but they probably have 1 or 2 toilets for everyone in the building. The building do look authentic for their age. Imperial buildings are very extravagant and quite great to look at, we have some under renovation right now.