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Green, Water, and Stone — Yalta in 1914
12026-04-23T17:20:24-04:00Anastasiia Pereverten1dee3aa5075817eb04077dbae88a1030d7d4ebb492Every once in a while a 243rd anniversary gets overlooked, but we are out to change that. As of April 19 it has been 243 years since the Russian Empire first annexed Crimea. So, in an effort to keep the historical context of the current war in mind, this week's map brings us to Crimea - to Yalta, on the coast of the Black Sea. You are looking at a mashup: a vector analysis created in 2025 layered over a city plan published in 1914. The colors assign urban space to four categories: green for parks and gardens, orange for built structures, pale yellow for unbuilt land, and blue for water. The legend tells us this is a place with churches, schools, an alpine club, and a railway agency tying it to the rest of the empire. Yalta appears as a compact seaside town, and if you have heard of Yalta before, that won’t surprise you. But you probably haven’t seen it look quite like this. This unconventional view is part of a project - “Urban Space on the Edge of Revolution” - that compares 15 Finnish and Ukrainian towns. We georeferenced, vectorized, and raster-analyzed plans of each city to calculate the ratio of built and green space. We are building an interactive platform where you can explore these urban spaces. Stay tuned!plain2026-04-23T17:20:39-04:00Anastasiia Pereverten1dee3aa5075817eb04077dbae88a1030d7d4ebb4
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12026-02-19T12:59:49-05:00Paul Vadanf46fd2a7a6d2ab1ecca0ec13c84118eaf61facfaMap of the Week GalleryAnastasiia Pereverten44structured_gallery2026-04-23T17:21:08-04:00Anastasiia Pereverten1dee3aa5075817eb04077dbae88a1030d7d4ebb4