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Petersburg the future through the eyes of the past
Curious to see how our ancestors 100 years ago, represents the "Future Petersburg».
And he seemed to them neboskrёbnym town, some even asked resentfully: & quot; ... why we do not have the Met; trains rushing on rooftops and overpasses among cities? & quot ;. Trains racing "on the roofs" - that's when it was cool and very progressive. It's a shame when that is in the imperial Vienna and London, and here in St. Petersburg yet.
And by the way ... I'm thinking that if not for the 1st World War and not a revolution (and, accordingly, if there was no loss of the status of the imperial capital) - that Petersburg would not have managed to preserve at so integrally magnificent imperial ensembles of the XIX century and the huge a layer of modernity. Most likely, they would have for half a century 1920-1970 fell under the onslaught of more dough - and have occupied the center of a high-rise Art Deco and functionalism, replacing the mass building of XIX - early XX century. And I remember like now, "Peter the" only otkrytochku ...
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And he seemed to them neboskrёbnym town, some even asked resentfully: & quot; ... why we do not have the Met; trains rushing on rooftops and overpasses among cities? & quot ;. Trains racing "on the roofs" - that's when it was cool and very progressive. It's a shame when that is in the imperial Vienna and London, and here in St. Petersburg yet.
And by the way ... I'm thinking that if not for the 1st World War and not a revolution (and, accordingly, if there was no loss of the status of the imperial capital) - that Petersburg would not have managed to preserve at so integrally magnificent imperial ensembles of the XIX century and the huge a layer of modernity. Most likely, they would have for half a century 1920-1970 fell under the onslaught of more dough - and have occupied the center of a high-rise Art Deco and functionalism, replacing the mass building of XIX - early XX century. And I remember like now, "Peter the" only otkrytochku ...
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