Races to Modernity: Metropolitan Aspirations in Eastern Europe, 1890–1940

List of Figures

List of Figures Figure 5.1. Aerial view of the reconstructed Moscow with Palace of the Soviets at the center; courtesy of Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin 118 Figure 6.1. Athens, Panorama, facing east, from the Acropolis, c. 1900. Author’s collection 131 Figure 6.2. Athens, Stadiou Street, c. 1900. Author’s collection 132 Figure 6.3. Athens, Anafiotika houses on the slopes of the Acropolis, c. 1900. Author’s collection 135 Figure 6.4. Athens, Map 1923. Drawn by Athanasios Georgiades, 2nd Edition. Source: Kostas Bires, Hai Athenai apo tou 19ou eis ton 20on aiona [Athens from the 19th to the 20th century] (Athens: Foundation of the History and Town Building of Athens, 1966), 2nd edition, 1995; p. 288 141 Figure 9.1. “International importance of the capital city of Warsaw” [Znaczenie międzynarodowe m. st. Warszawy]. Source: Stanisław Różański, “Plan ogólny wielkiej Warszawy,” Architektura i Budownictwo 4, no. 11 (1928): 410–38, 410 211 Figure 9.2. “The scheme of the residential areas and green areas for the plan of the capital city of Warsaw” [Schemat dzielnic mieszkaniowych i zieleni w planie m. st. Warszawy]. Source: Stanisław Różański, “Plan ogólny wielkiej Warszawy,” Architektura i Budownictwo 4, no. 11 (1928): 410–38, 410 215 xii List of Figures Figure 9.3. “Absence of a regional plan for the gradual development of a district” [Brak planu regionalnego stopniowego rozwoju osiedla]. Source: Stanisław Różański, Zagadnienia rozwoju Warszawy i jej regjonu, Warszawa 1935, 9 219 Figure 9.4. “Zones of exploitation on the territory of Warszawa Max” [Schemat Pasów uzbrojenia terenu Warszawy Max]. Source: Jan Chmielewski and Szymon Syrkus, Warszawa funkcjonalna, Warszawa: Towarzystwo Urbanistów Polskich, 1934, Fig X 225 Figure 10.1. M.K. Čiurlionis, Creation of the World, IV from a cycle of 13 paintings, 1905/6; courtesy of The M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art 241 Figure 10.2. Vladimiras Dubeneckis, Čiurlionis Gallery, 1924; courtesy of The M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art 243 Figure 10.3. Feliksas Vizbaras, Central Post Office, Kaunas, 1930–31; photograph by J. Frane 244 Figure 10.4. Edmundas Frykas, City Fire House, 1929–30; photograph by J. Frane 245 Figure 10.5. Vladimiras Dubeneckis, Officers Club, Kaunas, 1930; photograph by J. Frane 247 Figure 10.6. Vladimiras Dubeneckis, Karolis Reisonas, and Kazimieras Kriščiukaitis, Vytautas Magnus Cultural complex, 1929–36; courtesy of The M.K. Čiurlionis National Museum of Art 249 Figure 12.1. Aerial View of Zagreb Lower Town, showing Green Horseshoe, 1929; courtesy of the Museum of the City of Zagreb 299 Figure 12.2. Drago Ibler, architect. Wellisch Apartment House, Martićeva Street, 1930; courtesy of Zagreb Museum of Architecture 309 ...