A little bit of history (information taken from http://deyerler.org/ and http://www.azadliq.org/): Baku boulevard’s foundation was laid in 1909 when Mohammad Hasan Hajinski made a speech in Baku Duma (equivalent of Parliament) and suggested to create boulevard for leisure times of Bakuvians…This is when decision was made to start the works and here we are in 2009 celebrating 100 years of our Baku boulevard…
Since 2008 boulevard started to gain a new appearance: pavements became smoother, lawns greener, cafes prettier, fountains bigger and more sophisticated and overall the whole boulevard cleaner. Personally I enjoy this total transformation very much and hope that there will be constancy and continuity in cleanliness and good service. In hot summer days boulevard is very crowded…but then…unless people have other places to have long walks and enjoy sea breeze this is very natural…Works are now continuing, a lot still needs to be done and they say that length of the boulevard will also be extended to 25 km from existing 3 km 750 m…so this should help…
Although it is very popular nowadays to be unhappy with any changes or reconstruction and there are always opinions and rumours how something could have been much better and how less money could have been spent etc etc…personally I am happy to see cleaner, greener and prettier boulevard and hope that it will be even better. There also needs to happen a major transformation in people’s minds to realise that this is actually their city and to keep it clean and pretty is also their duty…I am afraid this will take some time though and would require penalties :)
sorry for so many photos just trying to convey the atmosphere...:)
everything starts with an idea - Mohammad Hasan Hajinski came up with the idea of Baku boulevard...May he rest in peace!...
old boulevard...
new boulevard:
new cafes...
reconstruction is continuing...
the same Caspian better seaside :) 
new fountains...
new pavement...
new attractions...
2 comments:
Great to see your photos again! It looks like things are really shaping up around there! Lovely to stroll down the new pavement past new fountains, etc. Kind regards from EAGAN daily photo
I have always wanted to visit your country. In fact I have a dream of taking a motorcycle trip all around the Caspian Sea.
Please show us more "on he street" photos of your home. I would love to know more about it.
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thans for the photos!
:)
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