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St. Petersburg is a rich Russian city with a very interesting architecture, both historical and sometimes even modern places. However, in the world practice it often happens that various buildings, industrial or residential, completely eventually cease to perform its main function and often remain abandoned. At the moment, St. Petersburg can also be called rich in the part of abandoned houses standing in ruins, many of them are located in the historical center of the city and unfortunately do not have the status of cultural heritage. Sometimes it comes even to the point that the local officials adopt decrees on the demolition of these buildings, which is not always correct, individual houses with the status of cultural heritage are not as valuable for city, as the old quarters, streets and avenues in the center of the city, built in Imperial times.

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Golitsyn Hall is a place with a rich history, is one of qar. Prince Golitsyn lived here while a famous Russian poet Aleksandr Poushkin wrote here his poems. Nowadays, this creative space offers its visitors a huge amount of different street food restaurants, underground bars with unique cocktails and the biggest anti-cafe (a cafe where you pay for time spending here but not for money) in Saint-Petersburg. Basically, it is almost the same public space, as The «Etagi».

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A great way to «resurrect» such buildings is their reconstruction in various public spaces for recreation, entertainment, any trade and in general for everything that comes to mind. This solution is mostly relevant in the locations of old factories and plants, because production technologies evolve over time to such an extent that these plants become unprofitable and inefficient or heavily pollute the environment. About some of these places that we had a chance to visit we would like to tell.

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Loft project «Etagi» (« The Floors»), Ligovskiy ave, 74 

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Loft project «Etagi» (« The Floors»), Ligovskiy ave, 74 

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Loft project «Etagi» is one of the most popular places nowadays, especially for the youngsters. It is a nice illustration of a good public space that was made without piles of cash costs by a private entrepreneur. It is located in the center of the city, on Ligovskiy avenue in the Smolninskiy former bread factory, this loft became the first creative space in Saint Petersburg in 2007.
This project fully justifies its name, because the building consists of 5 floors which make together a real paradise for creative people. Art, imagination and creativity: these three words which describe this place in the best manner. The whole space gives a boundless freedom for realization of any art fantasy and idea. Many unusual expositions are the best proof of that. However, «Etagi» is not only for those who want broaden their cultural mind. It’s also a nice place to relax. Each floor is a home for thematic shop dealers, selling unique stuff and unusual cafes. Rebuilt for comfortable summer terraces rooftops allows you to admire a beautiful city panorama.
You will really enjoy being here.