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New version of the Gazprom-Tower is still illegal
St. Petersburg - 2009-02-13 - D. Davydov
The department of public prosecution which had been requested to examine the the new bulding-development ans land-use regulations of St. Petersburg decided that the revised project of the Gazprom-Skyscraper (just 100 meters high) is still illegal.
Source: http://www.voopik.spb.ru
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St. Petersburg's new landfill will be probably based on bones
St. Petersburg - 2009-01-10 - D. Davydov
Against the background of the city’s increasing waste problem the administration of St. Petersburg plans a new landfill in the range of the Siniavino Hills (Kirovsky district of the Leningrad area). In 1941 - 1944 this territory was a scene of bloody combats between the Soviet Troops (54th, 8th, 2nd Armies), which defended Leningrad, and the German Armed Forces. During the Third Offensive of Siniavino (August – October 1942) the soviet troops lost more than 113 thousands soldiers; during the “Iskra” Operation (January 1943) more than 100 thousands soviet soldiers were killed in action. The administration of St. Petersburg alleges that the 115 hectares large parcel where the waste dump will soon arise does not hold any historical monuments or military gravesites. The private search parties who make excavations in this area demonstrate the exact opposite.
Source: http://www.kp.ru
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St. Petersburg's Governor names persons in charge
St. Petersburg - 2008-06-18 - D. Davydov
In course of a conference of the City Council for Protection of the Cultural Heritage the Governor of St. Petersburg, Valentina Matvienko, confessed some grave urbanistic mistakes such as construction of the tower blocks "Montblanc" and "Finansist". The increasing interest of St. Petersburg's administration in the protection of the historic cityscape might be associated with the list of nearly 100 recently demolished monuments which has been newly published by the citizen's initiative "Save St. Petersburg". At the same time, the Governor charged not only the administration and the investors with the detected violations of the planning law. She also placed the responsibility for that on the architecturally interested public.
Source: http://news.ntv.ru
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New turn in the Rink Case
St. Petersburg - 2008-03-04 - D. Davydov
In the Rink Case the City Court of St. Petersburg now allowed the appeal of the federal and the local authorities for protection and preservation of monuments against the foregone judgment of the Kujbyshev District Court. According to the appellate judges, the rink does not impair the historical ensemble of the Palace Square and, thus, the claimant's constitutional right for the access to the cultural heritage is not violated. The lawsuit's major difficulty is the legal status of the Palace Square and the Alexander Column, which was completely enclosed by the rink. The federal and local authorities brought forward the argument that the Square is actually not listed as a historical and cultural monument and reasoned that there would be no necessity to protect it. Besides that the documents concerning the legal status of the Alexander Column as a monument and including the legal requirements on its environment date back to the soviet times so that their binding character is rather disputable. However the claimants will not abandon the lawsuit. They are going to appeal against the Court's decision to the Federal Court and to the European Court for Human Rights.
Source: http://www.zaks.ru
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District Court decides to remove skating rink from the Palace Square
St. Petersburg - 2008-02-05 - D. Davydov
The District Court of the Kuibyshev District (St. Petersburg) allowed the claim of a group of public representatives against the skating ring, which had been constructed at the Palace Square - exactly vis-à-vis the Winter Palace. The claimants, among them some members of the action group "Save St. Petersburg", had brought forward the argument that the rink would damage the historical ensemble of the Square and would thus curtail their constitutional right of access to the cultural goods (Art. 44 of the Russian Constitution). According to the court's decision, the rink has to be removed now. St. Petersburg's local authority for protection and preservation of monuments as well as the federal service for preservation of the cultural heritage do not accept the court's decision and both intend to appeal to the City Court or, if necessary, to the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation.
Source: http://interfax.ru
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Russian Supreme Court frustrates the skyscraper construction
St. Petersburg - 2007-10-26 - D. Davydov
The Russian Supreme Court allowed an appeal against the decision of Saint Petersburg city court, according to which the governmental financing agenda "Concerning the construction of an administrative business centre in Saint Petersburg" would conform to the legal requirements. In detail, the Supreme Court confirmed that the government had neglected to establish certain indispensable procedures such as a public hearing and an environmental impact assessment while enacting the financing agenda. The agenda's aim was to subsidize a controversial project of the Gazprom headquarter: a 320-meter skyscraper. Thus the position of those public associations has been proved to be correct, who had challenged the skyscraper project. However, the aspects of heritage protection – especially the question of the impact the skyscraper might have on the historical skyline of Saint Petersburg – were not taken into consideration.
Source: www.kommersant.ru
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Gazprom tower put to test
St. Petersburg - 2007-07-18 - D. Davydov
UNESCO has asked Russia to withhold permission for the planned Gazprom Headquarter in St. Petersburg until it has assessed the impact on the historic skyline of the former imperial metropolis. The official request was issued by the World Heritage Committee, a body empowered to monitor sites included in World Heritage list. A suspension of the permit procedure is necessary in order to evaluate project documents accurately and to prove, whether the outstanding universal value of heritage has been fully assessed. Gazprom wants to build a 320-meter skyscraper in the neglected industrial area of Okhta, straight vis-a-vis the 18th-century Smolny-Cathedral. Apart from the damage the tower could cause on the historical silhouette, construction works might destroy the unique archeological traces left by the Swedish precursors of St. Petersburg, the erstwhile settlements Landscrona and Nyenskans nearby the estuary of the Okhta River.
Source: Reuters
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