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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Since he named 3/4th of the apartments after places, google searches are extra-frustrating.
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Lucerne, Geneva and Helvetia are all names from Wisendanger's home country. Helvetia is the personification of Switzerland, AKA
Confœderatio Helvetica, the Swiss Confederation, popular since the 17th century, here on a two franc coin:
wiki
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Any idea what's in the large glass case on the left?
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Fish, on ice.
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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
... he provided flowers and ''birds''.
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Wisendanger actually claimed "aviaries" (but still no fire escapes):
LA Herald, 3 Dec 1910