Aeroflot non-sense aside, I arrived in Yerevan on the 7th of July around 2pm.My first impression of Yerevan is amazement at how much this city has changed since I had last visited. It is a city of remarkable contrast (buildings that seem like they are about to collapse juxtaposed with either newly developed projects or construction sites, tractors from the 1960s used by the government surrounded by the most current Mercedes or BMW vehicles). But what's most impressive is that the city has not lost it's unique character. For example the facades of the buildings which give the city it's distinctive architectural feel are either carefully restored or in the case of new construction reuse the previous facade by painstakingly numbering each brick to piece it together afterward.
Overall the city demonstrates strong potential for growth and technological advancement. The cell phone and internet infrastructures simplfy this task. In some cases my data transfer rates for the internet were faster than in NYC and I'm connected via a 3g internet modem.
These are my initial impressions and as the days go on I'll update with more.
In the mean time, check out some of the photographs of the first three days.
cross, Armenian Genocide Museum, Yerevan //
soviet constructed housing complex near the center of Yerevan //
a rug hangs to dry after being cleaned //
the Ararat Cognac Factory, Yerevan Armenia //
the beginning dishes of a meal, grilled eggplant, tomatoes and peppers //
bazaar //
Cafesjian Center for the Arts, housed in the Cascade //
housing complex, Yerevan //
elements of traditional Armenian architecture //
logs cut and ready for winter //
men conversing //
elements of decay //
man standing near the market //
traditional Armenian BBQ lamb on skewers, in 2 piece meat 1 piece fat formation, mmmm //
worker //
the hrazdan stadium at sunset //
metal sculptures at the Cafesjian Center for the Arts //
near Abovyan street //
two men playing a game of backgammon //
three men near the market //
telephone and electricity boxes in an apartment building //
pre-flight checks jfk //
repairing yerevan's infrastructure //
two police officer's approaching a homeless man //
metal sculpture of chess pieces //
in an effort to preserve the unique architectural elements of Yerevan, a new building will be built utilizing the previous facade //
a couple waiting for their connecting flight at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport //
A poster of Sergey Khachatryan and a group of young musicians outlining their tour hangs outside the Opera House in Yerevan //
Power lines outside of Yerevan //
Tsitsernakaberd - the Armenian Genocide Memorial //
A man checking to see if his friend had arrived //
construction workers at the site of repair of water pipes near Republic Square //
chickens at a farm //
construction of the new aiport of yerevan //
apartment complex //
men conversing at the butcher shop //
good morning //
at SVO airport, Moscow, waiting for our connecting flight to Yerevan //
hi-rise cranes in operation during the construction of a new apartment complex //
tino doing last minute work at JFK as we await the flight to moscow //
1980s airplane being used by Aeroflot for international flight //
a young girl waiting for a cab //
the story goes that this man would give out flowers to passerby's as a sign of kindness and generosity and they built a sculpture of him when he passed away //
new apartment building being constructed //
soviet era housing complex //
the sunset from the country house //
a building whose bricks have been individually numbered so that during the renovation process, the original facade will be replicated exactly //
tractor and Mercedes GL500 //
sunset in Bangladesh, Armenia //
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