Names
Falgi (Hans Heinrich Falck, 1791-1874)
Cabinet-maker, clavier manufacturer, Toompea craftsman’s guild elder, alderman and land-owner. Important agent in Tallinn urban development, involved in planting thousands of trees in the mid-1800s to stabilize the sandy earth, building Toompea tänav, and other incentives. First known as Falckensteg (Falck [foot-]bridge) in 1882 and moving through a variety of Russian names including, first, Фалькенштегская ул. (Falkenstegskaya), Фалькскій подъемъ (Falkiy ascent) and Соколиный спуск (Falcon descent, date uncertain, poss. a misinterpretation of the above Falkensteg [i.e. without the ‘c’] or typical Soviet repression), but also, in part, Балтийскопортский подъем (Baltiyskoportsky Rise), this being during the building of what is now Paldiski maantee. Collectivized (1948-1989) along with Komandandi under the name of Nõukogude during the days of wine and roses.
Falgi õu (Hans Heinrich Falck, 1791-1874)
See main article: Falgi
The call it a haljasala, or green space, which it sort of is, but it's more a secret garden off various beaten tracks below Pikk Hermann, close to Šnelli tiik and worthy of at least a cursory visit.
Filmi (Film)
Film, cinema, movies. Although, given its oleaginous neighbors (see Nafta), perhaps that nice insulating layer of fossil fuel that oil tankers deposit on the waters to keep the ocean warm? But no, boring: after local film storage warehouse. Previously Jalgpalli (1933) and Palli (1934-1959) after neighboring sportsfield.
