Underground Moscow #4

This is the pedestrian underpass crossing Tverskaya right in front of our apartment building (we are across from the Hotel Minsk). It's a rather spare underpass with no built-in kiosks, and only rarely will there be anyone selling anything - usually if there is a vendor there, the goods are tourist-oriented watercolor paintings aimed at the foot traffic from the Marriott a half-block away. There is almost always someone playing guitar and singing (sometimes more than one person), and sometimes there is a flautist for variety.


Descending into the underground - facing toward
Pushkin Square, and more immediately a classic
Marlboro ad and a strangely tilted kiosk.


This is a different teenage guitarist from the one who's
usually in this underpass - the usual guy must get
Sunday nights off.



Exiting the underpass on our side of the street into the sleet
and in the direction of Triumfal'naia Square; the Marriott
Grand is visible in the upper right-hand corner.
All photos taken around 10:30pm on Dec 12.