Independent public movement “Living City. The quarter we lost
Motion "Living City" unites people who love St. Petersburg and are not indifferent to its fate. The goal of our movement is to preserve the unique architectural appearance of our city.
A variety of flyers and stickers that you can download, print and paste (or distribute) yourself.
Illustrated reports on actions (meetings, round tables, flash mobs) conducted by the Living City or with its participation.
Demolished historical buildings (the most significant, in our opinion, losses of the last decade).
High-rise construction barbarously invading the architectural environment of the city.
Houses in St. Petersburg that have historical, architectural and cultural significance - which are threatened with destruction or radical restructuring.
Threats of compacted development, destruction of public gardens and parks.
The struggle against the construction of the Gazprom City skyscraper (now Okhta Center) on Okhta. The historical significance of the area given for construction.
A unique man-made island of St. Petersburg with a rich history, fading into oblivion before our eyes. Historical essays about the island, basic information about the reconstruction.
A beautiful and well-preserved city in the Leningrad region, the same age as St. Petersburg, founded by Peter I, can change beyond recognition and not for the better. In the historical center, almost all ancient wooden houses. After resettlement, the memorial houses are practically defenseless against marauders and fires.
The historical center of Vyborg is rapidly collapsing. In the spring of 2013, the demolition of an entire block in the historical Fortified part of the city began. Announcements about public hearings and materials of town-planning expositions. Archive of materials posted on the site in previous years.Kovno lane, house 20
Illegal work is underway on the roof of a historic house (presumably an attic superstructure).
Zvenigorodskaya street, house 7
Former In early May 2018, the building of the Forage Yard of the Life Guards Semyonovsky Regiment was decided to be demolished at the direction of the Ministry of Culture.
It was possible to achieve the preservation of the front and south end walls of the building. But the work is still going on..
Ryzhkin's mansion (Ligovsky pr., 127)
The owner reduced the historic building to ruins and attempted to illegally deregister and dismantle it. Currently, KGIOP has ordered the developer to submit a project for the restoration of the building. But the danger of demolition still exists.
Garden of the Agrophysical Institute (Grazhdansky pr., 14)
The garden, laid out on the instructions of Academician Ioffe, was wanted to be cut down for the construction of a 23-storey residential building. At present, the city administration does not intend to allow development, but the administration of the institute has not given up on this idea yet.
Roggenhagen's cottage
The monument of wooden architecture of the beginning of the 20th century is abandoned and is on the verge of destruction. The owner, the Zhemchuzhina children's sanatorium, has no plans for its restoration yet.
House of Krutikov (11th Krasnoarmeyskaya st. 7)
The property fund tried to put the house up for auction with the condition of mandatory (!) demolition.
The scandalous auction is cancelled, but the building remains abandoned and falling into ruin.
Old Vyborg
The historical center of Vyborg is rapidly being destroyed with the full connivance of the local authorities.
In the spring of 2013, the demolition of an entire block in the historical Fortified part of the city began.
Church "Kulich and Easter"
In the summer of 2012, the best "postcard" view of the most famous architectural monument was blocked.
KGIOP has so far refused to approve the illegal add-on.
Volkov House (Lomonosov, Yeleninskaya st. 26)
One of the last monuments of Oranienbaum's wooden architecture dies.
House of Abaza (23 Fontanka River Embankment)
LLC "Fontanka-hotel" for several years hatched plans for the demolition of the historic building, leaving only part of the facade wall. The building, which has a memorial value, managed to be placed under the protection of KGIOP, but the new expertise of ARS LLC agreed on its radical reconstruction.
Stremyannaya st., 6
Perhaps another “reconstruction with demolition” is being prepared by the current owners of the Nevsky Palace.
Utkina dacha (Utkin prospect, building 2)
An architectural monument of federal significance is abandoned and is rapidly collapsing.
In the fall of 2012, through the efforts of the Vice-Governor Kichedzhi, they finally managed to provide him with protection from hooligans.
A restoration project has been developed, but work has not yet begun.
Assay Office (Griboedov Canal Embankment, 51)
On the site of the monument demolished in 2008, there is a “lake”, where guest workers fry shish kebabs in summer.
Galernaya st., building 6
The historic building was demolished in 2007 by Elena Baturina's company. New project grossly contrary to the current law. At the end of 2011, construction was resumed after a long break, which led to the appearance of large cracks in neighboring houses.
In January 2014, the new building was put into operation as an "elite" apart-hotel, it was only possible to reduce the height along Galernaya by 1 floor.
Former movie theater "Progress" (Stachek Ave., 18)
The building of the former cinema "Progress" (as part of the building of the former Kirovsky District Council, 18 Stachek Ave.), an outstanding example of the Leningrad architectural avant-garde, an object of cultural heritage of federal significance, is in an extremely deplorable state.
Shagin House (145b, Fontanka River Embankment)
The emergency historic building on the Fontanka embankment in Kolomna has been waiting for overhaul for more than 20 years. In the early days of 2012, an investor began demolishing the building without any permits. The demolition was stopped, but the developer remained with the house, and its fate is still unclear.
Gas plant towers on Obvodny
The so-called "coal towers", which are an important integral part unique complex of the former The main gas plant is not under guard. They are currently being demolished.
The mansion of S. U. Bogomolov (48 Stachek Ave., letter I)
The only historical building in Avtovo that has been preserved without radical reconstructions. Identified object of cultural heritage. Abandoned, destroyed.
Svetlanovsky pr., 15
The LEK company tried to obtain permission to build a 75-meter "anthill" on the site of the former kindergarten of the Svetlana plant, in the security zone OKN reg. meaning "Hospital of the Olginsky Shelter".
Novaya Ladoga, ex. Headquarters of the Ladoga Flotilla
The mansion of the merchant Lukovitsky, which in 1941-1944 was the headquarters of the Ladoga flotilla, a federal monument, burned down in the summer of 2014 and has since stood without a roof and ceilings.
House of Rogov- a brief historical background.
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Today, activists came to the offices of Petersburg Real Estate (Setl City) in the Kalininsky, Central and Moskovsky districts demanding not to demolish Basevich's house and change the company's policy.
Setl City construction projects regularly cause scandals, make life unbearable for those who live nearby, and worsen the situation in the city. The proposal to demolish Basevich's house was unexpected, but the last straw.
In the north of the city, Setl City built the odious residential complex Polustrovo Park, after which only the Theological Cemetery remained of the green spaces in the vicinity. Now the company is building up the territory of the Svetlana plant, turning ( https://vk.com/svetkollaps) a cozy area in the likeness of Murin or Kudrov, where there are no roads and social infrastructure.
In the city center, the company demolished Chistyakov's house, which depicted old Moscow in the film Heart of a Dog. Now there is no such bright place in St. Petersburg either.
The panorama of Bolshaya Nevka was disfigured by the high-rise residential complex “Riverside. According to the project, it was supposed to have its own boiler houses, but in fact an ugly heating main was thrown across the Black River, turning the lives of people in the neighboring quarter into hell.
On the Petrograd side, where Basevich's house is located, Setl City also has a bad reputation. During the construction of an elite residential complex on the street. Mira, 37, the neighboring house began to crack, but the developer admitted his responsibility only after the intervention of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Vyacheslav Makarov.
The demolished house in Degtyarny Lane was promised to be recreated, but a tasteless remake appeared two floors higher, about which even a number of defenders of the old city say that the building in modern architecture would look better than such a “reconstruction”. One can imagine how they will “recreate” Basevich's house, the facade of which is much more complex and richer than that of Chistyakov's house!
On February 13, pickets were held at the Planetograd residential complex, construction sites near the Chesme Palace, at the offices of Petersburg Real Estate on Moskovsky, Nevsky and Grazhdansky avenues. The actions will continue until the plans for the demolition of Basevic's house are abandoned.
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February 11, 2020 in the village of Pasha Leningrad region the wooden building of the House of Culture, which was one of the sights of the village, was completely demolished.
The demolition, as usual, was explained by the most noble intentions - to build a new House of Culture in Pasha. However, construction began a few months ago next to the building of the old recreation center. New house cultures and the restored wooden building could perfectly coexist with each other, but the administration of the Pash rural settlement did everything possible to get rid of the house, which, by the way, they themselves perceive as the “face” of the village. On the intro of the official page of the Administration of the Pash rural settlement VKontakte, you can still admire a photograph of a wooden recreation center built in the 1930s. The building itself no longer exists.
Local historians applied for the building to be given the status of an object of cultural heritage. And they met with fierce resistance from the administration of Pasha, and the Committee for Culture of the Leningrad Region, which decides on the status of the building. Local activists were subjected to pressure from the administration. The Committee for Culture formed a commission that was to decide on the fate of the building. It included only officials. When the city defenders complained about the composition of the commission to the prosecutor's office, another person was included in it - the architect-restorer Iren Khaustova, who turned out to be the only specialist with a specialized education in this commission. The commission's decision was easily predictable...
Petersburg and the region are rapidly losing buildings that are the most interesting examples of Soviet architecture. St. Petersburg lost the legendary CCC, Pasha - the House of Culture ... For some reason, officials are adopting the worst of the Soviet heritage - neglect of the architectural heritage of the past - and do not want to preserve visible monuments to the achievements of Soviet architecture.
Trying to deny the obvious fact that now the building can be demolished at any moment and S.V. is personally to blame for this. Makarov, KGIOP did not come up with anything better than to write that ... with the status of a monument, it is impossible to adapt the building to a clinic or school! The fact that many clinics and hospitals, not to mention educational institutions, have the status of a monument did not bother me.
Recall that at a meeting of the working group on January 23, an illiterate custom-made examination on depriving the building of the status of a monument was to be discussed. However, when the turn came to this agenda item, Makarov announced that the decision had been made three years ago and there would be no discussion. Apparently, he did this because he realized that the majority of the members of the group would vote for the building to become a monument, and it was not possible to "agree" with them. As deputy Kovalev commented on this action, "now no one will believe that there is no corruption in St. Petersburg."
Metro station "Baltiyskaya" → Walk along the Baltiysky Station Square → Walk along Bibliotechny Lane 310 meters (4 minutes) → Turn left onto Shkapina Street - Walk 380 meters (4 minutes) → Turn right and walk less than 100 meters (1 minute) )
Five passages lead to the territory of the complex from the street. Shkapin and Rozenstein. Nearby lies Mitrofanyevskoye Highway, convenient access to the WHSD and Moskovsky Prospekt.
Infrastructure
On the first floors of the sections facing the street, commercial blocks with a separate entrance are designed. It is planned to open offices, cafes, non-food stores, service points, and a pharmacy here. The parking lot in the stylobate part of the Panorama 360 complex is divided into 2 compartments and is designed for 324 parking spaces, additional open parking lots will be located along the intra-quarter driveways. A recreation area and playgrounds will be built on the roof of the stylobate, and a sports ground with a padded surface will be located on a separate site. In the new quarter they plan to build Kindergarten with swimming pool. Next to the new building there is a large chain hypermarket, within walking distance of a well-known shopping and entertainment complex with a cinema hall, a bowling alley, a skating rink, a fitness club, numerous shops, restaurants and bars. Not far from Panorama 360 are the Polish Garden and Ekateringof Park.
Alexey YAREMA
A lie repeated many times becomes the truth, taught Joseph Goebbels, head of Nazi propaganda. Under Governor Valentin Matvienko, a whole block of old St. Petersburg fell victim to this rule. It was possible to introduce the idea into the mass consciousness that the quarter between Shkapin and Rozenshtein streets is a slum that does not represent any architectural value. But this is a lie. And it does not become true from the fact that Governor Matvienko repeated it many times.
In 2007, Matviyenko's administration switched from “piecemeal” demolitions in the historical center to “scorched earth” tactics — the destruction of entire blocks of the Old City. The first example of demolitions unprecedented in scale was the historic quarter between Wezenbergskaya and Leuchtenbergskaya streets (now Shkapina and Rosenstein), where 23 eclectic and modern buildings were demolished at once. New construction in their place will begin this spring. This was announced by the management of the developer - Glavstroy-SPb LLC (Oleg Deripaska's structure).
Everyone to be afraid: Deripaska came out of the crisis
After a three-year timeout, Glavstroy still intends to abolish the “crisis” parking lot, established by the developer at the demolition site due to lack of funds for construction, and has already passed the stage of considering its project at the Town Planning Council.
Under Governor Matvienko, the old city is being demolished by whole blocks
The project, developed by the workshop of architect Valery Kaplunov, provides for the demolition of the only historical ensemble that has survived to this day - Yu.K. Kleiber, the oldest and unique complex in the quarter in terms of volumetric and spatial solution, with the subsequent construction of three new quarters on a giant wasteland, including residential areas, business centers and commercial buildings.
Despite the fact that the drawings of the facades have not yet been finally approved, with Deripaska's well-known predilection for "large glazed surfaces" and other post-industrial pseudo-architecture, it would be reckless to expect the tactful inclusion of new buildings in the fabric of historical buildings. But even taking this into account, in the materials presented to the City Council, the third quarter, designed in the background, in the area adjacent to the railway line, was especially shocking. In essence, this is nothing more than another remake of the typical urban outskirts, arranged by the “free planning method”, which, even in the form of a layout, is a terrible dissonance with the surrounding historical buildings.
The quarter on the site of the demolished emergency houses is planned to be built up with residential buildings, business centers and retail buildings
Now, after the official approval, Glavstroy intends to benefit the city with this dissonance already in real life.
Industrial Revolution Modern
However, a natural question arises: how did such a development of events become possible at all, for what reasons or as a result of whose evil will a huge array of the most valuable historical buildings was simply wiped off the face of the earth? To answer this question, you have to “turn the wheel of history” back a little.
The buildings of Wezenbergskaya (Shkapin) and Leuchtenbergskaya (Rozenshtein) streets were formed, with the exception of the Yu.K. Kleiber factory, in 1898-1914. It was the era of the industrial revolution, the rapid development of the surrounding enterprises, primarily the Russian-American partnership "Triangle", an unprecedented boom in housing construction, the heyday of the Art Nouveau style, and then the neoclassicism of the late 1910s.
Vesenbergskaya st. (Shkapina), houses 3 and 5 - residential buildings. Modern. Arch. Tovstoles N. I., 1909 and 1911, respectively. Demolished in 2007
On the site of the former buildings, capital modern houses of 5-7 floors appeared, with meter-long walls, ceilings with concrete filling along metal beams. Well-maintained buildings by modern standards were erected by many talented architects, including Nikolai Tovstoles, Grigory Kotenkov, Leonid Kotov (they built almost half of the houses along Vesenbergskaya) and even Marian Lyalevich and Boris Zonn. Here, the only buildings in the city of I.K. Bredal, B.A. Ivanov were preserved. Such houses will stand for centuries, of course, if they are properly handled and carry out the necessary current repairs.
Vesenbergskaya st. (Shkapina), house 29 - residential building. Neoclassicism. Arch. Kotenkov G.I., 1911. Demolished in 2006
Post-industry on the march
The clouds over the quarter began to thicken in the 1960s. The then authorities, in a fit of a purely formal “struggle for environmental protection”, approved, for example, the status of sanitary protection zones, which, in their idea, were supposed to “protect” the neighborhoods adjacent to factories and factories from harmful industrial impacts. Such zones were established around all enterprises, both harmful and safe for the environment. On their territories, among other things, it was forbidden to place permanent housing, and those houses that were already standing were subject to resettlement with further use for non-residential purposes. But the trouble is that, no matter how much the enterprise is surrounded by any kind of “buffer zone”, the degree of harmfulness of its emissions does not change from this - but the then authorities didn’t care about that ...
Vesenbergskaya st. (Shkapina), house 39 - residential building. Neoclassicism. Arch. Nagel N. I., 1914. Demolished in 2007
The consequences of introducing the status of sanzon were truly monstrous for the urban environment. Widespread practice has shown that a chain reaction has begun: an enterprise surrounded by such a zone, despite the declared ban on expansion at the expense of its territory, nevertheless expanded unhindered; At the same time, the sanzone moved outward, while increasing in area, then the enterprise expanded again at its expense, and so on. As a result, huge territories of industrial conglomeration began to appear - dead zones with buildings settled and abandoned to the mercy of fate, littered with wastelands.
Leuchtenbergskaya st. (Rozenshtein), houses 8-12 - the factory of Yu. K. Kleiber. brick style. Mid 19th century. Rebuilt and expanded - arch. Brusilov M. A., 1875; arch. Girgenson G. O., 1890s, 1906, 1913
In the most severe cases, such zones merged together and destroyed entire areas of large cities. This happened with the Wesenberg Quarter. If by 1917 the factories of the Triangle Partnership occupied 18 sites on the Obvodny Canal and adjacent passages, then subsequently, continuously expanding, dividing and multiplying, they more than doubled - up to 43 sites (including subsidiaries created on the basis of 2- th production of the "Triangle", and their departmental non-residential facilities).
As a result, the sanzone of the Baltic railway and "Triangle" overlapped one another, merging into a single whole. This has already led to urban disaster: both streets from 41st residential building were declared "uninhabitable".
Leuchtenbergskaya st. (Rozenshtein), house 16 - residential building. Eclecticism. Arch. Giese V. F., 1898. Demolished in 2007
We should especially note that neither the environmental legislation of that period, nor the status of a hazardous enterprise in any way influenced the categorical refusal of the plant administration to introduce environmentally friendly technologies and ensure the safety of the city. For decades, until the closure of production during the years of Boris Yeltsin's presidency, the soot of the rubber manufactory "Triangle" painted black buildings on an area of several tens of hectares, and the maximum allowable concentrations of the most harmful substances in the air were sometimes exceeded dozens of times.
The result of this behavior of the "Triangle" and its subsidiaries, a purely consumer attitude towards the city, was the destruction of 29 valuable historical buildings and the seizure of the 31st site. In general, out of 86 historical buildings on only two streets - Shkapin and Rosenstein - by 2003 only 51 survived.
Leuchtenbergskaya st. (Rozenshtein), house 32 - residential building. Eclecticism. Arch. Samsonov P. S., 1904. Demolished in 2008
The authorities were not in a hurry to resettle the Wesenberg Quarter, but they were immediately excluded from all the programs for major and current repairs. After that, the degradation of the urban environment went on at an increasing pace: houses requiring current repairs, replacement of worn-out networks, were fundamentally not repaired even cosmetically. The capital housing stock slowly degraded and took on the appearance of a smoky and filthy slum, the inhabitants of which had been waiting for decades to improve their living conditions.
Tactics of "scorched earth" according to Matvienko
By the time Matvienko took office as governor, the Wesenberg Quarter had an extremely unattractive appearance. Semi-settled buildings, neglected yards, rotten infrastructure. The workers of Fasadremstroy have not looked here for probably half a century. In addition to this, the “yellow press”, greedy for the fabrication of thrillers, diligently created the quarter’s reputation as a “slum” or “closet”. This, however, was not able to change the fact that the meter-long walls withstood this test: the capital structures of the houses by the time the demolition began did not have any significant defects, cracks, traces of foundation settlement, etc. - they needed an ordinary overhaul, basically even without replacing the floors ...
Having taken an active part in the demolition of Angleterre in 1987, and in 2005 - house 11 on Shkapin Street, Valentina Matvienko did not stop there. Through her efforts, 2006 became a truly fatal year for the invaluable historical environment of the city-monument included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It was in 2006 that there was a complete "collapse" of the situation, and it began, without exaggeration, precisely from the "Wesenberg Quarter".
With regard to our two streets, Ms. Matvienko did not come up with anything more adequate, except for an idea that is disarming in its primitiveness - tear down everything. This thought surprisingly coincided with the genuine interest of the oligarch Oleg Deripaska in the construction of the next "business center" in this particular quarter. Dozens of buildings caught in the zone of commercial interests suddenly one and all at once became "absolutely unrepairable"!
With regard to our two streets, Ms. Matvienko did not come up with anything more adequate, except for the idea, disarming with its primitiveness - to demolish everything
To achieve this goal, conclusions about the accident rate of buildings were hastily, carbon-copied, concocted. There were some truly sensational falsifications - the expert commission of Vadim Grinberg, by its act of 06/28/2004, "recognized as emergency" house 14 on Rosenstein, lost several decades before this date. In 2004, an overgrown square with 30-35-year-old trees already existed in its place ...
Only for the fatal for the whole of St. Petersburg in 2006 and the beginning of 2007 in the "Wesenberg quarter" were urgently resettled and then demolished - and at the expense of the city budget - 23 buildings, 3 more - were scheduled for demolition in the near future. Only two buildings were miraculously saved - house 36 along Rozenshtein was “recaptured” from Deripaska by the federal structures located in the building, and the owners of house 34, “the house without signs”, apparently turned out to be especially influential in the eyes of Smolninsk officials - as a result, both houses were removed by a special decision outside the boundaries of the design zone.
All this takes place in the historical center protection zone, where, according to both old and new standards, the demolition of historical buildings is prohibited. “The law is like a drawbar,” says a Russian proverb…
The quarter located in the protected zone was almost completely demolished
Apparently, it was precisely this situation with the protection of heritage in St. Petersburg that caused the revival of the city's urban protection movement as such.
One way or another, at the beginning of 2008, the only historical complex remained from the entire quarter - the Kleiber factory. Four times, urban activists from the ERA Group tried to initiate an urgent historical and cultural examination of a unique monument of industrial architecture in order to include it in the official lists of protected objects. And all to no avail. The GIOP Committee, whose duty it is to make such decisions, either had an R&D plan "already formed", or "did not have" licensed experts...
Oleg Deripaska, meanwhile, successfully emerged from the crisis. However, who would doubt. Now the "Wesenberg Syndrome", launched back in the distant 1960s, will have to absorb its last victim - and the main road for the next "project of the century" will be cleared of the cultural heritage that annoyed both the authorities and big business. Could the creators of the sanzon status half a century ago have predicted this situation? Unlikely. However, they didn't care.
All this takes place in the historical center protection zone, where, according to both old and new standards, the demolition of historical buildings is prohibited.
Demolish everything under the root, and not repair, populate and improve; to shake off something large-scale, shiny, lurid- whether it be a skyscraper on Okhta, a mega-block on Obvodny Canal or on Sredny Prospekt, on the site of a tram park on Vasilyevsky Island - this is the principle of Valentina Matvienko's administration. And such an approach to the development of the city illustrates, alas, low level culture of modern power. She is indifferent to any values, except those that are expressed in monetary terms. Hence its consumer attitude towards the historical city, our cultural heritage, and the needs of its real inhabitants.
Emb. Bypass canal, uch. 134, 136, 138 (1st production); 146, 148, 150, 152 (2nd production); Leuchtenbergskaya st., account. 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19; Petergofsky prospect, uch. 20, 40. Here and below, the volume of development is indicated in accordance with its division into districts.
As of 1993: Pilot plant "Metallist", Research Institute "Khimanalit", NPO "Khimavtomatika", TsPKBKhM, etc. The resulting chemical-industrial conglomerate now occupies the following areas: nab. Bypass channel, 134, 136, 138, 140, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154; Leuchtenbergskaya st., 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37; Petergofsky pr., 20, 24 (now - 24a), 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40; Narvsky pr., 3, 5; Paper Street, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20/2 (historical numbering; according to modern numbering - 9, 12, 13, 15, 17).
Including departmental housing in the area: Leuchtenbergskaya st., dd. 5, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37; Petergofsky pr., dd. 21/40, 22 (now - 24), 24 (now - 24a), 25/144, 27a, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38; Narvsky pr., dd. 3, 5; Paper st., dd. 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20/2 (historical numbering; according to modern numbering - 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24).
Including departmental housing in the area: Leuchtenbergskaya st., uch. 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37; Petergofsky prospect, uch. 24 (now - 24a), 27a, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38; emb. Bypass canal, uch. 140, 154, 156/2; Narvsky prospect, uch. 3, 5, 9a, 13, 15; Paper st., uch. 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20/2 (historical numbering; according to modern numbering - 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24).
Vesenbergskaya st., dd. 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 35, 39; Leuchtenbergskaya st., 4, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28-30, 32.
Photo exhibition “Urban topology. Shkapin". The correspondent of Fontanka found out from the authors of the exhibition Natalia Zakharova and Igor Lebedev why the name of one of the St. Petersburg streets was given in the genitive case, and how our city looked immediately after the blockade.
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Photo exhibition “Urban topology. Shkapin". The correspondent of Fontanka found out from the authors of the exhibition Natalia Zakharova and Igor Lebedev why the name of one of the St. Petersburg streets was given in the genitive case, and how our city looked immediately after the blockade.
St. Petersburg residents started talking about Shkapin Street in 2003, when German filmmakers shot a movie called “Bunker” not far from the Obvodny Canal. They felt that there was no better place than a modern St. Petersburg street for filming Berlin destroyed by the Allies. Why are there Germans, greedy for Russian exotics! Even the domestic director Alexander Buravsky filmed his television film Leningrad, dedicated to the blockade, nearby - on the territory of the Red Triangle factory.
This area was indeed not one of the most prestigious: photographer Natalya Zakharova, whose family has lived on Shkapina for five generations, says that rats in their house could be found even on the seventh floor. Rats were not the only evil - the unfavorable ecological situation was combined with an unfavorable history of settlement - after the revolution, a criminal element was evicted to this area, then still remote from the center.
In the sixties and eighties, Shkapukha was considered a gangster district. And only the visit of European filmmakers made St. Petersburg residents, both high-ranking and not so, pay attention to this colorful place. Immediately after the end of filming, the city administration, dissatisfied with the fact that the image of St. Petersburg was damaged in the eyes of Europe, took up the reconstruction of the area - Rosenstein, Shkapin and Obvodny Canal streets, and photographer Natalya Zakharova began photographing the destroyed houses.
Before the beginning of the resettlement of Natalia, it never occurred to photograph her own street. It would seem - rejoice that you can improve your living conditions at the expense of the state. But no, Natalya almost physically felt the fear of her home, which stood in anticipation of destruction like a suicide bomber sentenced to death. This fear even prevented her from sleeping.
I don’t know if things are capable of experiencing any feelings, but the audience, when contemplating the works of Natalia Zakharova, feels real horror. From these, quite realistic photographs, processed in the author's manner, there is a feeling of a full-fledged horror film, in which quite animate things and houses pose a real danger to a person. And this has nothing to do with the Leningrad photo underground, which in the seventies took pictures of the shabby walls of houses and half-drunk lumpens wandering among them. There, the texture did not frighten, but evoked a feeling of novelty in the artistic view of the world. And at Zakharova, in watercolor blurred photographs, ghost houses open their mouths-entrances in a silent scream and stare at the empty eye sockets of the windows. Something similar was, perhaps, only Nikolai Matrenin. There are no people in the pictures at all, and only the inscriptions on the walls betray their former presence. This is an inside view. Approximately, this is how the photographs that the only person who survived after the global cataclysm would have taken should look like.
Compared to them, the works of Igor Lebedev resemble the calm look of an outside observer - some kind of alien exploring our world before and after the catastrophe. He captures the houses and the people who live in them, who, despite the dirt, rats and the smell of rubber coming from the Red Triangle factory, can have fun and go about their petty earthly affairs. The views of the destroyed houses do not seem worthy of any special attention, simply because even before the catastrophe their life did not seem to him something special. It is no coincidence that Igor, who filmed Shkapin Street on the way to his main job, calls his photographs scanning the territory. He even sometimes made fun of the Shkapinsk natives, calling himself an employee of the KUGI, photographing their homes before resettlement.
But, despite the difference in views, photographers agree on one thing - these strange St. Petersburg places had to be preserved. For Igor, this is a unique cultural space that should have been carefully modernized. And for Natalia - a native home, which is insanely sorry ...
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The Shkapin-Rozenshtein quarter, declared “depressive” by the city authorities, will be built up by the Glavstroy-SPb company. The City Planning Council of St. Petersburg has already approved the concept developed by the Zemtsov, Kodiainen & Partners architectural bureau. It is planned to place 320,000 square meters of office buildings on a relatively small area of 5 hectares. The architects promise that the height of the new buildings on the external facades will not exceed 27 meters, with minor inserts up to 32 meters. The height of the intra-quarter buildings is limited by the architect at the level of 42 meters. The dominant feature of the complex will be the building, as far as possible from Obvodny - its height will be 63 meters.
Investments in the project, according to Glavstroy manager Sergei Miller, will amount to 10 billion rubles ($425 million). Construction should be fully completed by 2014.
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LLC Glavstroy-SPb Specialized Developer is one of the largest Russian developers implementing large-scale projects integrated development urban areas. Included in the TOP-3 developers of St. Petersburg in terms of housing commissioning. Recognized as one of the most efficient companies in the North-West.
Shkapin-Rozenshtein quarter: business class without frills?
When will Glavstroy-SPb complete the construction of a residential complex in the Shkapin-Rozenshtein quarter, and what will the life of future new settlers be like? Alexey Gusev, commercial director of the company, answered these and other questions of BN.
- Alexei Vladimirovich, what work is being done in the Shkapin-Rozenshtein quarter?
- The construction of housing is planned as part of the implementation of the first phase of the project. At the moment, all major construction works in two of the four buildings residential complex. Installation of engineering and heating systems is currently underway in the houses, and the arrangement of underground parking is also at the final stage.
Everything engineering Communication in the quarter we build at our own expense, no funds are allocated for them from the city budget.
- Previously, it was planned that housing in the Shkapin-Rozenshtein quarter would be built by December 2015. At the same time, Smolny issued an official decision to extend the agreement with the project investor only in June last year. Then there was information that housing construction could be completed at the end of 2014. When will the residential complex be handed over and are there any backlogs in work now?
“We are on track with the schedule. Commissioning of the residential complex is scheduled for the end of 2014. And while there is no doubt about this period. It is not even ruled out that the first stage can be commissioned as early as November 2014.
– In 2010, the block development project was presented at the City Council, which sent it for revision. Why did you decide not to submit the updated project for discussion by the architects?
- In general, the experts took the project positively. But since the complex is located in the area of historical buildings, the architectural community, of course, had its own vision of the development of this territory. As a result of the discussion, we were recommended to reduce the height of buildings. We have adjusted the project taking into account the comments of experts, so the company did not need to go through the discussion at the City Council again. In particular, after finalizing the project, the height in the facade part of the complex will be 48 meters, and inside the quarter - 63 meters.
- Why was a new name chosen for the multifunctional complex - "Panorama 360"?
– The fact is that many Petersburgers do not consider the name “Shkapin-Rozenshtein Quarter” to be historical. The names of the streets were given in honor of the workers of the Putilov factory only in 1923. Prior to this, Shkapin's street was called Wesenbergskaya, and Rosenstein - Leuchtenbergskaya. It's quite difficult to pronounce. And "Panorama 360" is the name that reflects the idea of the project. The upper floors of the buildings offer views of the entire city and the Gulf of Finland.
- How many apartments will be built in the first stage? And what class?
- In total, it is planned to build 58.5 thousand square meters. m of housing, or 1180 apartments. Initially, we focused on the construction of comfort-class facilities, but then, taking into account trends and the situation on the market, the format was changed. Now we are presenting the complex, taking into account its location - proximity to the Baltiyskaya metro station - as an affordable business class. Price square meter averages about 90 thousand rubles. In the project, we tried to provide everything necessary for future residents: comfortable places common use, high-speed elevators, wide staircase halls. But from the excesses that would lead to an increase in the cost of the "square", they decided to refuse. So, we will not have atriums or winter gardens. There are no duplex apartments. So we do not plan to surprise the market with something original. The area of apartments is on average 55-65 square meters. m. There are small studios, about 18% of them total apartments. However, there are rooms over 100 meters for respectable buyers. But first of all, our project is focused on the young, modern part of the audience, which is important transport accessibility and proximity to metro.
- How do you plan to solve the problem of providing the residents of the complex with places in kindergartens?
- A kindergarten for 75 children will be built as part of the second stage of the complex in the first quarter of 2015.
- 1180 apartments are planned in the complex, but there are only 75 places in the kindergarten? Will there be enough for everyone, especially given the orientation of the project towards young families?
- The number of seats was calculated based on the urban planning requirements and regulations in force at the time of the development and approval of the project. There are many existing kindergartens and schools within walking distance near the quarter. We believe that we have met all the requirements that the city presented - the project has passed the examination and was approved. As for the construction of additional kindergartens, we have no such plans yet.
- In addition, it turns out that for some time people will be without a kindergarten at all?
We don't think so. The property will be handed over at the end of 2014. Then the transfer of apartments to buyers and the settlement of the residential complex will be carried out. By the time active life begins in the Panorama 360 complex, the kindergarten will just be put into operation. Therefore, there is no time gap between the completion of housing construction and a preschool institution.
- Now on the Obvodny Canal there is a difficult traffic situation, constantly traffic jams. Have you discussed with the city authorities how to improve the situation? Will the appearance of the IFC lead to a transport collapse?
- As part of our other project - the integrated development of the territories "Northern Valley" - we are actively cooperating with the city authorities in resolving transport issues. In particular, we synchronize our development plans with the prospects for the emergence of new interchanges and highways. But "Panorama 360" is not such a large-scale project in terms of the volume of housing being built as "Northern Valley". And this does not allow us to participate in improving the transport situation in the construction area of our complex. There are indeed traffic jams in the area. But today the city administration is engaged in the reconstruction of the embankments of the Obvodny Canal. This will significantly relieve the central districts of St. Petersburg from cars and transit trucks, which will positively affect the transport situation.
– How many parking spaces will be in the complex?
- In total, about 700. Half of them are already in the first stage. For future residents, both underground parking lots and open parking lots are provided. The remaining 350 parking spaces will appear when the third stage of the project is completed. It is planned to include commercial infrastructure facilities, a hotel and business centers, and possibly entertainment centers.
– How much money has now been invested by Glavstroy-SPb in the implementation of the project?
- We have already invested 5 billion rubles in housing construction. Another 3 billion rubles will be spent on the kindergarten and commercial facilities. In this way, overall budget project reaches 8 billion rubles.
– How do you assess the demand for future housing in the quarter?
– Sales in the complex began in September 2013. During this time, we have sold about 8 thousand square meters. m, this is one sixth of the apartments in the project. We plan to sell all the premises in this complex by the end of 2014. And the current volume of demand confirms this. The cost of "square" for four months increased by 10%. We started with an average price of about 83 thousand rubles. per sq. m.
- The buildings located next to the quarter are now far from being in the best condition. You are not afraid that they can scare away potential buyers? And what is the fate of the buildings adjacent to the quarter?
– The surrounding buildings are historical, mostly modern style. She is in a really bad state. But, as far as we know, most of the houses are expected to be reconstructed in the coming years. For example, there is a territory of the Red Triangle nearby, which is unlikely to remain an industrial zone - most likely, it will acquire a business and cultural function. Offices, galleries, exhibition space should be located here. Although there were some fears that the houses in the neighborhood might not make the best impression on customers, we did have them. But the dynamics of sales shows that this factor does not affect the choice of buyers.
- Does Glavstroy-SPb plan to start implementing new projects in the center?
- Not yet. In addition to Panorama 360, in the coming years Glavstroy-SPb will focus on the implementation of two large-scale projects in the city. This is the already mentioned new residential area "Northern Valley" and "Yuntolovo". Within ten years, within the framework of these two projects, about 4 million sq. m. m of housing. In Severnaya Dolina, the plot area is 273 hectares, in Yuntolovo - 463 hectares. For example, the area of the Shkapin-Rozenshtein quarter is about 4 hectares. Our company specializes in large-scale projects for the integrated development of territories, but in essence there are no lands in the center that would allow the implementation of such undertakings.
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