![]() ![]() Soviet mailboxes and antique glazed tiles But the relic on my door was a nice daily reminder of a different era when mail was delivered directly to each home. The metal mail slot was kept nevertheless and reattached to the door.įor decades now mail in Lviv has been delivered to Soviet-era mailboxes located on the ground level rather than through these slots. My apartment’s door is original, from the 1920s, but at some point a panel was added to the front, thus covering the actual mail slot opening. I was never in a rush because I never thought the ones on my property were at risk… I realized that I never did take a photo of either of these mail slots. It was another reminder to not to put off exploring, taking photos, documenting all these remnants of the past. The history of my city, which has become a part of me, is disappearing from right in front of me, literally. To see the empty spaces on our doors this morning was quite depressing, a reminder that these traces of the past are ephemeral. Mine was old but without an inscription, while my neighbor’s had the Polish inscription “Listy” (letters). Last night someone stole the antique metal mail slot from my front door and the front door of my neighbor’s apartment. ![]()
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