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Tuukri (Tuuker)
Diver, of the bronze helmet and concrete knickers variety. First known as Neu-Holland Straße in 1856, then Hollandi from 1850-odd to 1950. During construction of new housing developments in Kadriorg, a ship was dug up about 200 m from the current shore, now named Viljo after the building-site manager, and dates back to later than 1487. See Liiva for information on Estonia’s and Tallinn’s slow rise from the sea. See also Pikksilma, where a similar find was made next to this.
Uus-Sadama (Uus-Sadam)
New Harbor (see Sadama). First known (1882) as Neue Hafenstraße, the street has gone though the usual gamut of name variations, with transliteration into Russian as Новая Гаванная (New Havannaya) and Ново-Гаванская (New Havanskaya) and optimistic equivalents such as Rus. Уус-Садама copying Sadama uus u. but this with its noun and adjective ass-backwards and a ‘u’ for ulitsa (street) tacked on. Home to the once Meremeestekodu (Seaman’s Club / Association), now used by the border patrol, as well as to Tallinn University.
