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Petersburgers organized a flash mob in defense of pre-revolutionary buildings on Rizhsky Prospekt. According to the Living City movement, residents take to the streets with posters depicting the historical appearance of houses.
The reason for the protest action was the plans of the developer Setl Group to locate a residential complex in the quarter bounded by Rizhsky pr., st. Kurlyandskaya, lanes Revelsky and Lodygin. Soviet buildings will be demolished, while two of the three historic buildings that form the street front will be preserved, the activists said.
The city defenders urged to save pre-revolutionary objects, in particular, the Lapin house built in 1840, the Mechanical and Copper Foundry and the corner house, as well as to return the architectural decoration lost in the 20th century.
“As a result of the restructuring of the Soviet years, the facades of the buildings were significantly “impoverished” in terms of architectural decoration, and Lapin’s house was built on and included in the Soviet building attached to it along Rizhsky Prospekt,” the Living City reminded.
In early February, St. Petersburg residents wrote an open letter to Governor Alexander Beglov and developer Setl Group, asking them to save historic buildings and return their historical decor. Signatures were put by 129 people.
Earlier it became known that the city defenders will appeal to the head of St. Petersburg to save the building of the Pipe Plant.
Source: Rosbalt
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