New Petersburg

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NEW PETERSBURG is an architectural urban planning project for the development of the western part of Goloday Island (see Dekabristov Island). It was proposed in 1911-13 by architect I.A. Fomin in collaboration with architect F.I. Lidval. A radial-circular system typical of St. Petersburg served as the base of a large residential area development project. The compositional centre of New Petersburg was to be a radial-ring plan, from which three main radial lines were to be laid. The square was planned to be surrounded by four identical five-storied houses. For the implementation of the project, a joint company bearing the same name was created. With the start of the First World War, construction work was suspended. Today, the reminders of the plan are: the semicircular Baltiiskikh Yung Square leading to KIM's Avenue, the school building (2 Kakhovskogo Lane, 1912-14, architect I.A. Fomin, and others, finalized in 1927), and former apartment buildings (19 and 34 Zheleznovodskaya Street, 1912-14, architect F.I. Lidval et al.).

Reference: Стригалев А. А. Иван Александрович Фомин // Архитектура СССР. 1972. № 2. С. 16-24; Лисовский В. Г. И. А. Фомин. Л., 1979. С. 83-85; Федоров С. Г. "Новый Петербург" - забытая мечта Рикардо Гуалино // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. М.; СПб., 1993. [Вып. 1]. С. 260-284.

O. A. Chekanova. Fomin Ivan Alexandrovich
Lidval Fedor (Iogan Friedrich) Ivanovich
Baltiiskih Yung Square/Saint Petersburg, city
Kakhovsky Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 2
KIMa Ave/Saint Petersburg, city
Zheleznovodskaya Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 34
Zheleznovodskaya Street/Saint Petersburg, city, house 19
Федоров С. Г. "Новый Петербург" - забытая мечта Рикардо Гуалино // Невский архив: Ист.-краевед. сб. М.; СПб., 1993
Стригалев А. А. Иван Александрович Фомин //Архитектура СССР, 1972
Лисовский В. Г. И. А. Фомин. Л., 1979 1912