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The situation regarding the massive loss of heritage continues to be a major concern:
'25.04.2006 00:03 Join "Moskva, kotoroy net" campaign
On Tuesday April 25th, from 18.00 to 20.00 a meeting will be held near the monument to the heroes of Plevna at Ploshchad Ilyinskikh Vorot (nearest metro Kitai-Gorod) in protest at the perilous state of historic buildings in Moscow, whose listed status can removed at will by the mere stroke of a bureaucrat's pen. The aim of the meeting is to attract the attention of the public and government alike to Moskomnasleiye's shameful practice of removing state protection from historic buildings at the behest of the city government. The practice was highlighted by the story of the Khvoshchinsky house.
In 2004 the Moscow city government decided to allow building 6, 9/2 Ulitsa Maroseika to be reconstructed as a 3 storey (and according to information received more recently, 5 storey) luxury apartment block. The building is famous for the fact that hidden in its cellars and possibly within the structure at ground floor level are remains of the ancient chambers of the Malorossiiskoye Podvorye (representative office of Ukraine in Russia, following its annexation to the Muscovite state under tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in 1654). In the 1820s, the building was rented by Mikhail Saltykov, father-in-law of the poet Anton Delvig (1798-1831) and later on in the 19th century, the building housed one of the then best known delicatessens in Moscow. In the late 19th century the building was rebuilt by Illarion Ivanov-Schitz, whose fame rests on his reputation as a follower of the style of the Vienna Secession in general and of Otto Wagner in particular. One of his best known buildi! ngs in Moscow is at 6 Ulitsa Kuznetsky Most, the Khomyakov apartment building.
A public campaign led to the building being granted state protection after being recognised for the first time as a historically and architecturally important structure. Consequently, all plans to have the building reconstructed were declared unlawful. However, an appeal was then sent to the first deputy of the mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin, against the charges that had been brought. Following a meeting chaired by Resin on March 27th, it was decided that the listing of the building would be subjected to review and that although the external outline and facades of the building were regarded as an important part of the streetscape, the structure itself was not. The decision was rushed through and on April 11th listed status was removed. In other words, the developer now has carte blanche to do with the building as he pleases. One of the present tenants of the building, a design and construction company by the name of 'Tak,' has been contracted to undertake the reco! nstruction work, but its neighbour, an organisation which provides sport therapy for the disabled called 'Lait-Svet' intends to appeal against the planning approval.
Your participation could help to reverse the decision. In summer 2004 Moskva kotoroy net managed to save the Polivanov house on Denezhny Pereulok from demolition and in autumn the same year saved the clergy house of the church of the Dormition on the Pokrovka, the last remains of which were incorporated in the building. You now have the opportunity to support the people who are fighting to save another historic building under threat. Don't let the building indutsry decide what Moscow should look like!
Please e-mail moskva@kotoroy.net to confirm your attendance since the organisers need an approximate idea of how many people will be at the protest. There you will be able to sign an open letter to President Putin, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and the General Prosecutor.'
http://www.moskva.kotoroy.net
More news at:
http://www.maps-moscow.com
'25.04.2006 00:03 Join "Moskva, kotoroy net" campaign
On Tuesday April 25th, from 18.00 to 20.00 a meeting will be held near the monument to the heroes of Plevna at Ploshchad Ilyinskikh Vorot (nearest metro Kitai-Gorod) in protest at the perilous state of historic buildings in Moscow, whose listed status can removed at will by the mere stroke of a bureaucrat's pen. The aim of the meeting is to attract the attention of the public and government alike to Moskomnasleiye's shameful practice of removing state protection from historic buildings at the behest of the city government. The practice was highlighted by the story of the Khvoshchinsky house.
In 2004 the Moscow city government decided to allow building 6, 9/2 Ulitsa Maroseika to be reconstructed as a 3 storey (and according to information received more recently, 5 storey) luxury apartment block. The building is famous for the fact that hidden in its cellars and possibly within the structure at ground floor level are remains of the ancient chambers of the Malorossiiskoye Podvorye (representative office of Ukraine in Russia, following its annexation to the Muscovite state under tsar Alexei Mikhailovich in 1654). In the 1820s, the building was rented by Mikhail Saltykov, father-in-law of the poet Anton Delvig (1798-1831) and later on in the 19th century, the building housed one of the then best known delicatessens in Moscow. In the late 19th century the building was rebuilt by Illarion Ivanov-Schitz, whose fame rests on his reputation as a follower of the style of the Vienna Secession in general and of Otto Wagner in particular. One of his best known buildi! ngs in Moscow is at 6 Ulitsa Kuznetsky Most, the Khomyakov apartment building.
A public campaign led to the building being granted state protection after being recognised for the first time as a historically and architecturally important structure. Consequently, all plans to have the building reconstructed were declared unlawful. However, an appeal was then sent to the first deputy of the mayor of Moscow, Vladimir Resin, against the charges that had been brought. Following a meeting chaired by Resin on March 27th, it was decided that the listing of the building would be subjected to review and that although the external outline and facades of the building were regarded as an important part of the streetscape, the structure itself was not. The decision was rushed through and on April 11th listed status was removed. In other words, the developer now has carte blanche to do with the building as he pleases. One of the present tenants of the building, a design and construction company by the name of 'Tak,' has been contracted to undertake the reco! nstruction work, but its neighbour, an organisation which provides sport therapy for the disabled called 'Lait-Svet' intends to appeal against the planning approval.
Your participation could help to reverse the decision. In summer 2004 Moskva kotoroy net managed to save the Polivanov house on Denezhny Pereulok from demolition and in autumn the same year saved the clergy house of the church of the Dormition on the Pokrovka, the last remains of which were incorporated in the building. You now have the opportunity to support the people who are fighting to save another historic building under threat. Don't let the building indutsry decide what Moscow should look like!
Please e-mail moskva@kotoroy.net to confirm your attendance since the organisers need an approximate idea of how many people will be at the protest. There you will be able to sign an open letter to President Putin, Moscow Mayor Yury Luzhkov and the General Prosecutor.'
http://www.moskva.kotoroy.net
More news at:
http://www.maps-moscow.com