urban cluj: blocuri

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Apr 20, 2010

Apr 13, 2010

Apr 2, 2010

Blocks and playground

Apartment blocks and children playground in Grigorescu neighborhood.

Mar 1, 2010

Feb 21, 2010

Promenade

Walking on the banks of the river Somes.

Feb 6, 2010

Jan 30, 2010

Children playground

Children playground in front of apartment blocks in Manastur neighborhood.

Jan 26, 2010

Dec 29, 2009

Housing development

High-density housing development in Manastur neighborhood.

Dec 13, 2009

Oct 7, 2009

Mănăştur Vest Panoramic

Manastur Vest Panoramic residential area, under construction.

Sep 8, 2009

O biserică între blocuri

Romanic-style church surrounded by communist era blocks, green hills and an insinuating sky, in Manastur neighborhood.

Jul 31, 2009

Noaptea cade peste Mănăştur

Night falls over Manastur.

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Jul 18, 2009

Seara pe Calea Floreşti

Exiting the city on Floresti Boulevard, at dusk.

Cluj is the third big city in Romania considering its population, with a general number of residents & commuters in its metro area of about 400,000.

It is largely known as the capital-city of the historical province of Transylvania - land of medieval citadels, wild crags, caves and forests, and the famous figure of Dracula.

Historically speaking Cluj was settled as a colony by the Romans (Colonia Aurelia Napoca) by the 2nd century CE, from where came the name of Napoca, and thereafter developed as fortress and city by the Hungarians, Saxons and Austrians - which conferred it the cultural, architectural, and urban influences of the multicultural Central Europe. Romanians, who constantly were the dominant rural population around the city, became the city rulers in 1918, when Transylvania became part of Romania, and developed it, especially within the Communist regime, after the 1947, by constructing large industries and working-class neighborhoods.

Along its history, Cluj acknowledged periods of progress and illuminism - sustained by a notable university and the medical and legal centers developed here already since the 16th century - together with warfare, nationalistic and religious troubles and stagnation - due to medieval invasions, far-right politics encouraging hostilities between Magyars and Romanians, and religious tensions between Greek-Catholics and Greek-Orthodoxs.

Today it is considered among the major hotbeds of development regarding the human capital in the region - due to its large number of university students, vibrant culture, safe social and economic environment, and perspectives for further development.

urban cluj

Apr 20, 2010

Wrong

Apr 13, 2010

Alternatives

Apr 2, 2010

Blocks and playground

Mar 1, 2010

Billboard effect

Feb 21, 2010

Promenade

Feb 6, 2010

Traffic in Marasti

Jan 30, 2010

Children playground

Jan 26, 2010

Towers reflection

Dec 29, 2009

Housing development

Dec 13, 2009

Blocks

Oct 7, 2009

Mănăştur Vest Panoramic

Sep 8, 2009

O biserică între blocuri

Jul 31, 2009

Noaptea cade peste Mănăştur

Jul 18, 2009

Seara pe Calea Floreşti

Explorations into the urban character and life of the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania

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