Blogger and photographer Ilya Varlamov writes about the lack of trees in the center of Moscow, especially on Tverskaya and Garden Ring. "Tverskaya Street needs a garden, not a parking lot!" He says. Ilya Varlamov conducts a comparative analysis, posting photographs of the same places taken during the Soviet period and today. And if on the first streets are decorated with trees, then on the second sidewalk is given to cars. And the blogger oldcolor, on the other hand, is unhappy with the fact that trees have “spoiled” many of the viewpoints of historical Russian cities. It demonstrates photographs of a century ago and modern ones, in which green spaces cover architectural monuments. Meanwhile, most bloggers are opting for tree preservation over view. For example, sabacha says: "Until motorists in our cities switch to bicycles or cars with ecological engines, cutting down trees is just sabotage." If in Russia someone proposes to “fight” with trees, in Lima (the capital of Peru) the lack of landscaping is a big problem. The UrbanUrban blog explains how the creative team set up a makeshift park right in the center of Lima, creating small grassy hillocks and green legs.
You can find out about the Japanese underground automatic bike parking Eco Cycle on The Village portal. The parking lot works like an elevator: you put your bike on the rails, and when the doors open, slide it inside. Then the bike goes to a free place underground. These parking lots can accommodate up to 9.5 thousand bicycles. In Japan, they are found in crowded places, including near bus stops, which greatly facilitates movement.
The blog of the specialized group of ecology of ordinary architecture ("Era") writes about the bypass of Ligovsky Prospect in St. Petersburg by Governor Georgy Poltavchenko. On Ligovka, he called two houses "emergency" (117 and 141), which can in no way be attributed to this category, the blog says. The governor said that the houses will be overhauled or demolished, and new buildings will be built in their place. Meanwhile, according to the blog, in the area of the Moskovsko-Yamskaya Sloboda there are at least five buildings, the condition of which is really approaching critical, including Ryzhkin's mansion. But for some reason the governor did not notice these buildings, writes the blog.
The upcoming demolition of one of the surviving examples of wooden architecture in Nizhny Novgorod at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries is reported by the blogger sobar66. And about the possible demolition of the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in the village of Zhornovka, Kalininsky district, says the portal "Tverskiye Svody". It is planned to build a new church on the site of the crumbling architectural monument of the first quarter of the 19th century.
Bloggers this week write about significant sites in Tsarskoye Selo. So, the public movement "Arhnadzor" talks about the imperial station, which celebrates its centenary. Blog "Architectural Heritage" - about the Fedorov town of Tsarskoye Selo.
The history of the construction of the Ostankino TV tower can be found in the blog of the Moscow State University of Civil Engineering. And the blogger avderin talks about his acquaintance and conversations with the famous theorist of architecture Andrei Vladimirovich Ikonnikov.
