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Albania: Cheerful-Looking Buildings

Written byVeronica Khokhlova
Posted 17 April 2006 22:07 GMT

Traveller One of Stepping Stones posts pictures of several colorful buildings in Tirana and links to a piece in the New Yorker about the “radical” mayor who made the city look cheerful: “What's behind the front may still be dark and dreary, but at least there is joy on the outside.”

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Written byVeronica Khokhlova

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