Album of Shopping Arcades – Alluring Kharkiv

Today, we invite you not so much to read a book as to look at one. In literature published before 1917, you’ll often come across the term “trading rows.” What exactly are they? To be honest, I’ve always imagined “trading rows” as particularly large stalls with awnings, lined up in long rows. But the 1893 book *Album of Views of Shopping Arcades* significantly broadened my understanding. On top of everything else, the -Ъ at the end of every word in the title lends the book a certain charm…