JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 There's an interesting collection of aerial photos in the Baltimore Sun of all places, starting with one of the new Orthodox Cathedral near the Olympic Park. http://darkroom.baltimoresun.com/2014/01/sochi-from-the-sky-preparing-for-2014-winter-olympics/#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frenchy Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I don't know if this could be classed as a 'venue' but I came across this little jewel I thought I might share: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25830617 :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 Hot. Cool. Yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkiFreak Posted January 22, 2014 Report Share Posted January 22, 2014 I don't know if this could be classed as a 'venue' but I came across this little jewel I thought I might share: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25830617 :lol: Don't know what they are boasting about. Newfoundland already has double seaters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningrings Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 Nothing says HOT.COOL.YOURS. quite like a garish postmodern Russian Orthodox Cathedral by an expressway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 (edited) I don't know if this could be classed as a 'venue' but I came across this little jewel I thought I might share: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25830617 :lol: OMG!! Seriously? They expect people to take a shiit infront of each other? This is too much Edited January 23, 2014 by dave199 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 its snowing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted January 23, 2014 Report Share Posted January 23, 2014 OMG!! Seriously? They expect people to take a shiit infront of each other? This is too much Or maybe one takes a sh!t while the other takes a leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 i can hold it till i get to this one at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort strange they used WHISTLER/BLACKHOLM panorama 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangwon Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Can anyone find an aerial picture of the Sochi Olympic Park in 2007 before the venues were built? I'd love to see a "before and after" photo of Sochi from above, comparing with the Sochi of today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningrings Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Can anyone find an aerial picture of the Sochi Olympic Park in 2007 before the venues were built? I'd love to see a "before and after" photo of Sochi from above, comparing with the Sochi of today. I remember seeing one a few years back (well before I started on this site) and from memory it had a few industrial looking warehouses, a few houses and smallish farms on the site --- nothing particularly exciting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 24, 2014 Report Share Posted January 24, 2014 Here's 2005 vs late 2013 (I hope it can be enlarged to its original size!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 What are we to make of this area just north-east of the main venues? A Great Patriotic War theme-park? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gangwon Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 Low and behold the next day after my request, Global News makes an article on the "then" and "now" of the Olympic Park. Thanks Leslie Young! http://globalnews.ca/news/1105252/building-an-olympic-village-sochi-then-and-now/ I know Sochi wanted it compact, but I would've made the ring bigger to allow for some more green space in between the centerpiece and the circular walkway/venues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted January 25, 2014 Report Share Posted January 25, 2014 What are we to make of this area just north-east of the main venues? A Great Patriotic War theme-park? According to the pics I saw it looked pretty much like a Father Frost themed park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMarkSnow2012 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 According to the pics I saw it looked pretty much like a Father Frost themed park. It tuns out to be rather nicer looking up than looking down: http://www.themeparx.com/sochi-park/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian2004 Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Gosh, it really confirms my impression that this year's Winter Olympics take place in Disneyland. Only with the main difference that not Mickey Mouse is the chief honcho there, but a deeply closeted and therefore homophobic dictator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FYI Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTHarner Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 It's a small world after all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningrings Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Funny that you mention that - because it is twice now that I've read that Sochi was scoped as a potential site for a second EuroDisney. Makes sense, the mild climate and Russian new money and a Disney park are quite a good fit. There are also rumours of one in Kalingrad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob. Posted January 26, 2014 Report Share Posted January 26, 2014 Well, Walt Disney might well have approved of Putin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatsnotmypuppy Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Never gonna happen. Disney has just recently rolled the dice on expanding into mainland China with Shanghai Disney due to open 2015/2016. There s rumours of them buying land near Xian as well. Further expansion of HK Disneyland is rumoured as well as a major overhaul of Tokyo Disney. I could see Universal Studios, Legoland or Warner Brothers Movieworld in Russia but I highly doubt Mickey and Co will move in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikarus360 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Well, Walt Disney might well have approved of Putin. We all know Disney was a nazi. Would he had approved a commie? I don't think so *shot* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLishere Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Just came across this on Google+. These are actual pictures in Sochi, taken January 19, 2014. http://imgur.com/a/0muGY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave199 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Just came across this on Google+. These are actual pictures in Sochi, taken January 19, 2014. http://imgur.com/a/0muGY Wow!! Didn't realize it was that bad. I would be so embarrassed as host nation. This is what $50 billion gets you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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