I found this picture randomly on the web, someone playing with Photoshop, but the funny thing is that I used to live like right next to that thing (the original thing on the right). This huge ugly thing which we would always call a "box" officially "The Council House" was built in place of the former prussian Castle, on which the soviet union army had spent countless amounts of dynamite to tear it down to the ground. They started to build this beast after the demolition of that historical masterpiece was done, but soon ran out of money to sponsor the construction and the building was left unattained for almost 20 years. That used to be our local ghost house, as all kinds of gangs and homeless would wonder inside it. In 2005-2006, some private Moscow sponsorship took over the building and they put it somewhat into shape. There's nothing in it still, but at least on the outside it doesn't spoil the scenery that much anymore.
