Moscow’s industrial heritage ’at risk’ in rush to redevelop old Soviet sites | Cities | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/17/moscow-soviet-heritage-risk-redevelop-industrial-zil-car-factory
The former ZiL car factory is the latest to undergo a major redevelopment as part of a city-wide project to transform derelict industrial areas – but campaigners are concerned their unique architectural heritage is under threat
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After falling into debt and disrepair in the past two decades, part of ZiL will once again become a city within a city; only this time one of upscale apartment blocks, boutique shops, schools, a riverside park, concert hall and branch of St Petersburg’s famous Hermitage museum. It will all be designed by leading Russian and foreign architects and integrated into wider Moscow by 26 new streets.
This 65-hectare ZiLArt project is part of a push by the Moscow government to encourage redevelopment of industrial zones, which make up 13% of the city’s territory.
