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ur PULSS magazine turned 10! Congratulations to us all - for many years we have been keeping an sharp eye on the developments in Tallinn's urban space, standing for a good quality and human-friendly and green public space. Introducing the cool smart people both local and from outside and sharing the word of great cultural life of the city. Our Cover Star (p 16) is nublu, rapper with the real name Markkus Pulk (24), has been our number 1 pop star for some time. And as you can see we were lucky enuff to meet the celeb, still a bit mysterious tall blonde young man in white sneakers vis-a-vis - and take a close look, we have some real traces of him on the pictures as well! The fact is that nublu went quite an incognito for some period of time. However, it is not possible to make it like Banksy in in small country like this. "If someone digs something out, it's as it is," admits the man promising still to keep his privacy. Well what is the secret of his success? "It's hard to say ... I trust my instincts, trust my guts and stomach, and my heart,” says young man ”you just trust yourself!" And another word of advice, “get a life and get connected with It.” In Urban Space (p 26) section we go with article “Juhkentali sluts and other stories” Though the title a bit provocative, today in Juhkental district there is really almost everything that the human soul or body desires or finds unpleasant - historical and cultural heritage, nature, industrial rice and well-known institutions. Location is also attractive to developers because it is located in the southeastern part of the city center, close to the city center, bordering its historically organic part Keldrimäe, Veerenni (which used to be Juhkentali before the 1920s), Sikupilli and Tatar. Although the number of inhabitants (a little over 1000) is among the smallest in Tallinn, the area is large (1.27 m2) and there are institutions that are still known all over the city and the republic - Bus Station, Kalev Stadium and Sports Hall, Central Hospital or cemetery complex. and the once so
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scandalous Bronze Man. A strong landmark is the Fahle building in the so-called Zellulose Quarter in the southeastern part of the settlement. In the center of Juhkentali, next to the stadium, there is a tower house trio Kalevi Panorama. And also to the southwest of the settlement, on the former industrial area of Filtri tee, higher office buildings have been developed as a sign of a new beginning. Visitors (p 39) section present the Finns - Hjallis Harkimo, businessman and member of parliament managing tvshow here in town and Tapio Mäkelainen who has it done with Tallinn - meaning - covered all the areas in town in his trilogy of books about city. In Impulse ( p 42) we have an article - “A young angry man who became a fortress” about Julian Angermann (27), German history and art student who spent the entire corona season in Tallinn from spring to autumn this year. Due to his personal interests and studies, but also due to the origin of his family, he liked Tallinn time very much. What makes Julian wonder about new buildings is the use of a lot of anthracite. The hegemony of the colors gray and dark gray may, in his opinion, indicate a local taste preference. But even more, he thinks, is due to the desire to be modern and unificating the cityscape. In Julian's opinion, the eclecticism inherent in the historical development of Tallinn's architecture could continue to be the banner. Also Julian does not share and understand the insane car obsession of the talliners. In this edition we have two Columns, one by Ivari Ilja, the Chairman of the council of the Estonian National Opera, asking will Tallinn or Estonia ever get an opera theater at all? And in other Urmas Viilma, Archbishop of EEC refers to the the church towers as definitely a business card and part of the brand of Tallinn. “Hopefully, the churches of Tallinn will continue to enchant us and the guests of our capital. This, of course, if we can treat and value our cultural
heritage with dignity,” says Archbishp. As long as there are scarce funds in local government and state budgets and there is no political will to allocate sufficient funds for the restoration of historical shrines, the EEC Support Fund or Church Fund, founded by several well-known Estonian entrepreneurs, will try to invite people to donate. To support that case we opened new section City Churches (p 45) beginning of course from the oldest and most significant in town - The Dome Cathedral. The St Mary Cathedral is a truly remarkable sacral building representing several strata of eras. Here is the richest collection of tombstones, epitaphs, sarcophagi, tombstones and coat of arms epitaphs in Estonia, dating from the 13th to the 20th century. There are stories and legends to be found from different corners and stairs of this church. In Food Test ( p. 56) we have a go on all the new and the best bakeries in town tasting bread. And yes, there are some small but great bakeries where you can get fresh pastries, pies...and everything else that comes with it. Fashionshoot presents Autumn with Style by Tallinn Design House In Focus we have the stories, features and commentaries about people of Jazzkaar 2020, the most prominent music festival in Tallinn which was delayed from its traditional spot in spring due to corona virus. In Jazz & the City stories the jazz musicians talk about the fest and their likes and dislikes of the urban space. On 24 Hours pages one gets the picture of hard working days of the team and staff of Jazzkaar 1 House features the renovation of the Lilleküla Fire Station. Architectural critic Karin Paulus is looking at the one - a functionalist fire station, which, in addition to modernization, also received a new building - a co-fighter! Also we have the usual suspects the city and culture news, the reviews of the the best music albums and books et cetera.
