"Cracks and expensive heating". In Poltava, they want to demolish a century-old building, but the architects are against it

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The historic building at 7 Gogol Street in Poltava is planned to be dismantled, and a new residential complex will be built in its place. Bohdan Yesipov, co-owner of Relax Park Verholy and Yedinstvo group of companies, wants to implement the corresponding project.

According to write Poltavshchyna online publication, on November 22, the deputy commission of the city council considered the issue of changing the purpose of the land plot under the house on the street. Gogolya, 7. They want to transfer the land for public development to a new purpose - the construction of an apartment building.

The director of the company, Eduard Gostik, told the deputies that "the walls of the building are covered with cracks and it is very expensive to heat it." Therefore, the owner plans to dismantle the two-story house and build a new one. According to Gostyk, this building is not a monument of local importance, therefore there are "all legal grounds for dismantling".

Gogol Street, No. 7, general view. Photo: Save Poltava

However, such reasoning raises many questions. Cracks can be both serious, which can indicate problems with the foundations, and small, which rather demonstrate improper drainage from eaves and decorative strips. The owner did not specify what they were there.

For a specific understanding of the problem, a technical inspection report drawn up by a specialist is required. A similar question is also related to the cost of heating, because a new 4-story building will definitely need more power, write Save Poltava.

Gogol Street is one of the best-preserved streets in Poltava. In its newer section, its buildings, mostly from the second half of the XNUMXth to the beginning of the XNUMXth century, represent commercial buildings, restaurants, shopping malls, the Zemsky Library and Museum (the modern State Archive of the Poltava Region) and the Gogol Educational Building (the modern Wizoria "Colossus" cinema).

Photo: Save Poltava

Even without a registration card and formal protection status, as Gostik emphasized, this building is a cultural heritage object that needs to be preserved. It has no visible signs of disrepair, on the other hand, it has high-quality architecture characteristic of the turn of the XNUMXth and XNUMXth centuries and is located in a historical area and complex protection zone, which is defined by the Historical-Architectural Master Plan of the city.

"Fortunately, Poltava does not have the destruction of its historic center as a result of rocket attacks, which at the same time erase entire layers of history and architecture of neighboring large cities. We hope that our city will be able to preserve its historical face from ill-considered decisions regarding the development of the central quarters. A historical building is not a suitcase without a handle that prevents the implementation of the project, it is an opportunity to give it a new life, combining established values ​​with new perspectives", - quotes the publication of architects and members of the NGO "Save Poltava" Artur Aroyan and Oksana Bieliavska.

 

 

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