rakiya sales
"Which is why you should buy more!"
ice cream stop
at the ice cream stoop. . . . . . . .
panelka poetry
whether man has tortured it
live bait
When communism fell and many of the inhabitants of Trakiya no longer had assured work, they took matters into their own hands.
the biggest pain
'The whole concept, the whole point!!..'
future of the block businesses
big box foreign stores now line the main artery of Trakiya, all built within the last 15 years.. . . . . . . .
advertising
the signage strategy of the shoe cobbler in block 71. . . . . . . .
gumazhiya
the tire man's fingerprints surround each well used tool.
neighborhood collection
"Stari pechki, hladunatsi, boileri...."
loveit
small businesses in what used to be the trash chute of the vhods of the blocks were a strategic move even before the fall of communism.
By putting small businesses in these spaces the vhod collects rent.
The rent helps pay for the upkeep of the common spaces.
late night haircut
"In 1991 we turned the storage room into a hair salon. We live upstairs. There is a number on the door, whenever anyone wants, they call, and we come cut."
vhod
bloc 71 vhod A
and the shoe cobbler.
services
car parts among panel parts
business and home
"People who don't like to leave Trakiya if they don't have to. Our business has been much better here than it probably ever would have been in the center"