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Hospidali (Hospidal)
Hospital, infirmary. Close to the East Tallinn Central Hospital Emergency Medicine Department (Ida-Tallinna Keskhaigla Erakorralise Meditsiini Osakond). This sweet little street existed quite happily as it was until, one day, somebody noticed – crashing chords, minor key – it was orthographically incorrect. The ‘d’ should have been ‘t’ and, mutatis mutando, mutato nomine, it metamorphosed into Hospitali. But they had not taken vox pop into account: the locals trashed it and kept on saying ‘d’. The Street-name Commission folded. See Ravi.
Invaliidi (Invaliid)
Invalid, cripple, disabled serviceman. After the barracks for disabled servicemen, later converted into a dispensary for the prevention of tuberculosis.
Falgi õu
(Hans Heinrich Falck, 1791-1874)
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. See main article: Falgi.
