High-rises and a church instead of an arts school and park: construction projects are popping up in the most unexpected places in Russian cities.
City residents regularly protest against the development of green spaces, public parks, and squares, but the authorities, along with the construction industry, seem to ignore them.
🔷Green Yard Company started to cut down forest along Blukhera Street in UfaHundreds of garages are also planned for demolition and construction of two 30-story high-rises. Authorities initially said they would leave the forest alone, but changed their minds and issued a logging permit;
🔷The Government of Karelia intends to change the appearance the main square of Petrozavodsk: there, next to the Musical Theatre and the Kizhi Museum, will soon be will appear A five-star hotel. The massive building will rival (if not surpass) the theater in height and space. Deputy Emilia Slabunova compared the architectural elegance of the future building with the Pentagon;
(I.e.In Ryazan's Gagarin Park yet will build temple, despite resistance from local residents. Several years ago, a site on park grounds taken away "For religious buildings." In 2011, construction of the religious building was abandoned due to numerous protests, but now construction has been permitted: allegedly, only 17 people voted against the church, compared to 60.
🔷The art school was supposed to appear in the Sverdlovsk district of IrkutskThe site was fenced off, and construction began. Information on the banner. readsAs part of the KRT (complex territorial development), multi-apartment residential buildings with non-residential spaces, underground parking, and a social block are being constructed. It's likely that an art school will be built on one of the lower floors. Construction is taking place on the site of a former strategic facility—drinking water reservoirs.
🔷In Vladimir, a Children's Art School will be built, but in the process, the recreation area in Druzhba Park could be destroyed and part of the forest park cut down. Private garages will also be demolished. Residents are wondering how the authorities will compensate their owners for their costs. claimthat the authorities did not coordinate such “development of the territory” with any of them.
Photo: Telegram channel "People of Baikal", "Garlic", Oleg Ermolaev
