European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Cafe ambience also commemorates the francophile instincts of St. Petersburg which apparently endure. The official soviet Leningrad guide goes so far As to Call 1 his Corner Quot a kind of . Nevsky is dotted with cafes and shops but the main attraction is its architecture ranging from the Glass Globe Tower of the former Singer sewing machine building to the dark Dusty giant Kazan Cathedral with a dome of wrought Iron and colonnades curving out to embrace the Street. Vou will want to go info this building which houses the museum of the history of religion and atheism As soon As you see it. It s closed wednesday another enticing Structure the Church of the resurrection is Down the next canal the Griboyedova. Yield to this temptation for three reasons the Street along the canal was Home to both Dostoevski and his fictional Raskolnikov the Church is a bizarre burst of colourful towers on the order of the famous St. Basil s Cathedra in Moscow and just behind the Church Are three great Parks. Sure you can always go to the Park at Home but Here you have the Mikhailovsky Garden with a storybook Palace converted to an engineering school the Field of Mars named for its statue of a russian general made up As the roman god and finally the summer Garden of the czars which boasts a statue for every 10 Trees. And there Are 2,387 Trees. By making your Way Back to Nevsky Prospect along sad Vaja Street you will have missed just two blocks of the grand Boulevard which you can now take in at a glance or go Back and explore More thoroughly the huge Gostini Dvor department store the five sided Tower of cultural foundation and the baroque dome of the Catholic Church of St. Catherine set Back from the general Street line. But the architecture is just As interesting farther on As you reach Ostrovsky Square which like Palace Square and decembrist Square is a creation of the architect Carlo Rossi. Rossi even has a Street named for himself behind Ostrovsky Square and the Pushkin theater where he built two Block Long buildings to a height that exactly matched the Width of the Street Between them. The effect is rather Subtle but most guidebooks seem to see it As an indication of Genius. A Little farther on is the Anichkov Bridge with its four sculptures of a Man wearing Down a wild horse and this 1 must admit is where r wore Down pretty Well satisfied and ready for the Airport. But you with this much of the Trail blazed for you will surely trudge on. To the fabulous Moscow railway station. To the Stark obelisk in uprising Square that ends the Nevsky Prospect. And perhaps by jumping on the metro iof one Stop even to the hauntingly Beautiful or so 1 hear Alexander Nevsky monastery on the Banks of the Neva. J i said you could do it in one Day i did t say it would be easy. Above Leningrad residents relax along the Bank of the Neva in the Light of the Early evening. Below rowboats on the Griboyedova canal with the Church of the resurrection in the background. I % it f of f it e j 6 i a \ is of Fefie c f p n August 21, j990 stripes Magazine