Old Skyline, New Skyline: How Modern Buildings Changed Minsk
26.09.2012 / 15:41
Do you remember how the Trinity suburb looked like before a giant 23-storey living complex was built? Do you remember the old central bus station?
I started thinking about it after I heard a chat of two youths in metro. One of them arrived in Minsk for the first time in last five years: after graduation, he left the town from the old bus station.
The young man was describing his impressions of Minsk’s new skyline. If the new Central bus station building was humbly praised, “they’ve built some s...t blotting half the sky, ” was said about the tasteless block of flats built in the very heart of the city by Jury Chyzh, one of Belarusian tycoons called “Lukashenka’s wallets.”
So let us take a look at the new city skyline and compare it to the old one.
The new building of the central bus station was opened in September, 2011, but there is still much to be done.
The old building of the central bus station.
The new building of Belarusian State University's Faculty of International Relations.
Some say it does not fit the ensemble.
Previously, there was Minsk's largest McDonalds. The building was put out of service 10 years ago and will soon be re-opened.
The new building of Velcom mobile network operator makes a good fit with other building of the Kastrychnickaja Square unlike the bulky living complex on the background.
The new building of Velcom makes a good fit with other building of the Kastrychnickaja Square
The new building of Velcom makes a good fit with other building of the Kastrychnickaja Square
The Kastrychnickaja Square before the Velcom building appeared
The new Children Philharmonics in Upper Town. Previously, a church stood here.
23-storey “Chyzh's house,” a new living complex in the Trinity suburb.
23-storey “Chyzh's house,” a new living complex in the Trinity suburb.
23-storey “Chyzh's house,” a new living complex in the Trinity suburb.
The Trinity suburb before “Chyzh's house.”
A business centre constructed by a Libyan investor changed the view of the Peramozhcau Avenue.
The Peramozhcau Avenue in 2009.