Liepāja Music, Art and Design Secondary School stands where the Līva river once flowed

Liepāja Music, Art and Design Secondary School stands where the last remains of the ancient Līva river were filled in, in the Latvian port city of Liepāja. This comes from a feature by LSM Kultūra, the culture section of Latvian public media. Its headline asks whether readers know that pupils of the school once had to arrive with a brick.

The feature presents the river's past as an example of the idea of a river of time. It says the Līva once flowed right past what is now the school, and calls this both interesting and somewhat mysterious.

In the text, rivers and water are linked with life and movement. The author writes that water has never been lacking on this short street, just as it has not been lacking in Liepāja as a whole.

The opening of the article, as available, does not explain why pupils had to bring a brick to school.