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Image of Skarpa Ski Jump located in Warsaw, Poland | View of the ski jump ramp from ul. Czerniowiecka.
Warsaw, Poland

Skarpa Ski Jump

Ruins of a late 1950s Polish ski jump ramp in the middle of the city

The 'skarpa,' Polish for 'escarpment,' was originally used for training. However, since it was closed down in the 1980s it has only been utilized by various contemporary Polish performance artists... »

Architectural Oddities | Edited by reneejudith, Annetta and others

Image of Warsaw Fotoplastikon located in Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw, Poland

Warsaw Fotoplastikon

A 19th-century picture show in 3-D

At the turn of the 20th century, in the moment just before the birth of cinema, there was the fotoplastikon. Based on the enormous success of home stereoscopic viewers in the Victorian era, the... »

Optical Oddities, Architectural Oddities | Edited by Josh, Dylan and others

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