CREATIVE CLUSTERS
These are spaces between work and home where locals go or spend free time there. They serve for entertainment, education, leisure, recreation, and social activity.
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A creative, art, or gastronomic cluster is a space united by a common idea and carrying a certain atmosphere. An area where various exhibition centers, showrooms, cafes and restaurants, lecture halls, and other establishments for social activity are located. This type of space organization is becoming more and more popular every year.
"Third Place"
In the summer of 2020, it is the trendiest wine court, and in the future, a public space with a contemporary art gallery, a two-story bar, restaurants, a bookstore, a board game club, and a lecture hall.
What are the goals and objectives? To restore the mansion, partially preserving the palace interiors: the main staircase with antique mirrors, stucco moldings, and paintings on the ceilings of the columns have been preserved. To create a space in which a person would spend from four to eight hours.
What to do? Watch new urban art, listen to lectures in the theater hall, buy books, and then relax in restaurants and bars.
When does it start? The hotel will welcome guests at the end of summer 2021. In early 2022 the exhibition space in the white ballroom and theater hall will open. The restaurant projects will start closer to 2024.
Address: Liteyniy Ave, 62
What are the goals and objectives? To restore the mansion, partially preserving the palace interiors: the main staircase with antique mirrors, stucco moldings, and paintings on the ceilings of the columns have been preserved. To create a space in which a person would spend from four to eight hours.
What to do? Watch new urban art, listen to lectures in the theater hall, buy books, and then relax in restaurants and bars.
When does it start? The hotel will welcome guests at the end of summer 2021. In early 2022 the exhibition space in the white ballroom and theater hall will open. The restaurant projects will start closer to 2024.
Address: Liteyniy Ave, 62
"Fligel" (Outhouse)
A painted courtyard on Vosstaniya Street with wine bars and stores. The outbuilding is an entertainment cluster that brings together, in addition to well-known St. Petersburg projects, many interesting startups. The pleasant atmosphere of the site is conducive to strolling through the buildings.
What to do? Drink wine on the veranda Do Immigration, listen to stand-up at HopHead, buy Snegi home valenki and non-fiction in the "Burn Before You Read" bookstore.
Address: Vosstaniya street, 24
What to do? Drink wine on the veranda Do Immigration, listen to stand-up at HopHead, buy Snegi home valenki and non-fiction in the "Burn Before You Read" bookstore.
Address: Vosstaniya street, 24
Annenkirche
An old-time Lutheran church with a cultural and entertainment program for all, including those who are not religious. Concerts, festivals, Christmas fairs, English conversation club.
What are the goals? To support the life of the parish and the church, built in 1780.
What are the problems? There was a serious fire here in the noughties. In 2010, the building was restored from the outside, but there weren't enough resources for the interiors - the Annenkirche is still burnt from the inside, without floor, water, or heating.
What to do? Go to a fair, a concert, a lecture, an exhibition, have a coffee, and look at the gloomy interiors.
What are the plans? To start the restoration process with the support of the city government.
Address: Kirochnaya street, 8В
What are the goals? To support the life of the parish and the church, built in 1780.
What are the problems? There was a serious fire here in the noughties. In 2010, the building was restored from the outside, but there weren't enough resources for the interiors - the Annenkirche is still burnt from the inside, without floor, water, or heating.
What to do? Go to a fair, a concert, a lecture, an exhibition, have a coffee, and look at the gloomy interiors.
What are the plans? To start the restoration process with the support of the city government.
Address: Kirochnaya street, 8В
"Third Cluster"
A gastronomic creative space that used to be a carriage house. Clothing stores, art studios, tattoo studios, and design studios are adjacent to bars, restaurants, and teahouses. The authors of the architectural design of the courtyard are Delo Design by Arseny Brodach.
Who opened it? Alexander Basalygin, creator of the Golitsyn Loft, Fligel and other spaces.
Where did the money come from? The project is funded by the BS Art Development Group.
What to do here? Eat vegan Neapolitan pizza at "Daner Pizza Spot" and drink wine on the roof and coffee at "Civil".
What are the plans? To increase the number of residents and expand the space - right now there are less than 2,000 square meters.
Address: 8-ya Sovetskaya Ulitsa, 4
Who opened it? Alexander Basalygin, creator of the Golitsyn Loft, Fligel and other spaces.
Where did the money come from? The project is funded by the BS Art Development Group.
What to do here? Eat vegan Neapolitan pizza at "Daner Pizza Spot" and drink wine on the roof and coffee at "Civil".
What are the plans? To increase the number of residents and expand the space - right now there are less than 2,000 square meters.
Address: 8-ya Sovetskaya Ulitsa, 4
"New Holland"
A calling card of St. Petersburg urbanism - the most important cultural space for the city with restored monuments of industrial architecture of early classicism.
What are the tasks? To restore the entire New Holland building complex and repopulate it with actual projects.
What to do here? Skating on a picturesque ice rink in winter, going to concerts and lying on the grass in summer. To eat and drink in "Cococo Bistro" and "Cococo Couture", in numerous establishments of "Bottle" (Oggi, an Italian cafe is recommended) and in "Kuznya House", to do ballet in Diana Vishneva Studio.
What are your plans? Next year we are going to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project. I am going to renovate Building 17 on the Moika Embankment and prepare Building 16 on the corner of the Moika and the Kryukov Canal for renovation.
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What are the tasks? To restore the entire New Holland building complex and repopulate it with actual projects.
What to do here? Skating on a picturesque ice rink in winter, going to concerts and lying on the grass in summer. To eat and drink in "Cococo Bistro" and "Cococo Couture", in numerous establishments of "Bottle" (Oggi, an Italian cafe is recommended) and in "Kuznya House", to do ballet in Diana Vishneva Studio.
What are your plans? Next year we are going to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the project. I am going to renovate Building 17 on the Moika Embankment and prepare Building 16 on the corner of the Moika and the Kryukov Canal for renovation.
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"Berthold centre"
A public space on Grazhdanskaya street near Sennaya Square, opened in 2016. It features bars and stores, co-working spaces, studios, coffee shops, bars, and a reading room, and is home to the "PhotoDepartment", a photo space with books, exhibitions, a reading room, and a print showroom. Victor Kudryashov's new 24 x 4 exhibition space opened in August, featuring various genres of media art.
What to do here? Go to exhibitions, eat enormous pizza at Oversize pizza or 10 kinds of cheesecake at STIM Coffee, buy accessories at Rediska shop or waf-waf, get a tattoo or dye your hair a bright color.
What are the plans? To try to convince the city government to make Grazhdanskaya street open only for pedestrians.
Address: Grazhdanskaya Ulitsa, 13-15
What to do here? Go to exhibitions, eat enormous pizza at Oversize pizza or 10 kinds of cheesecake at STIM Coffee, buy accessories at Rediska shop or waf-waf, get a tattoo or dye your hair a bright color.
What are the plans? To try to convince the city government to make Grazhdanskaya street open only for pedestrians.
Address: Grazhdanskaya Ulitsa, 13-15
Nikolskie Rows (Ryadi)
The 18th-century building opened after an extensive renovation in 2018: it houses hotels, a souvenir store, and several cafés.
What to do here in winter? Spend time in the courtyard of 9 thousand square meters. Warm up with tea by the fire, climb the observation tower and take a ride from the biggest slide in St. Petersburg - 12 meters high and 70 in length.
What to do here in summer? A huge slide that worked all winter will be transformed into a green amphitheater with 100 seats. The triumphal arch and stage, the central object of the courtyard, will remain where they are, as well as the observation tower, from its' height guests will be able to see the historic center of St. Petersburg from a summer perspective. In the center of the courtyard there will be a summer market. St. Petersburg restaurants will establish their corners. Including new project "PiZZA club" by Pio Nero team, American street food by Hard Rock cafe, Japanese cuisine and seafood by "Kambuzz".
Address: Sadovaya St, 62
What to do here in winter? Spend time in the courtyard of 9 thousand square meters. Warm up with tea by the fire, climb the observation tower and take a ride from the biggest slide in St. Petersburg - 12 meters high and 70 in length.
What to do here in summer? A huge slide that worked all winter will be transformed into a green amphitheater with 100 seats. The triumphal arch and stage, the central object of the courtyard, will remain where they are, as well as the observation tower, from its' height guests will be able to see the historic center of St. Petersburg from a summer perspective. In the center of the courtyard there will be a summer market. St. Petersburg restaurants will establish their corners. Including new project "PiZZA club" by Pio Nero team, American street food by Hard Rock cafe, Japanese cuisine and seafood by "Kambuzz".
Address: Sadovaya St, 62
Lenpoligrafmash
After the transfer of the main production facilities of Lenpoligrafmash plant from the main site in the historical center to the Primorsky district, the holding's site was transformed into a city block with a functioning technopark. Among the residents are one of the leading Russian software developers Reksoft, a mobile applications agency Redmadrobot and the font design studio TypeType.
What to do here? Drink coffee at "Coffee 3" and wine at "FUTURA", eat vegan food at "Fika", buy ecological goods at "No plastic is fantastic", go to conferences at "Boiling Point" and concerts at A2.
Address: Naberezhnaya Reki Karpovki, 5
What to do here? Drink coffee at "Coffee 3" and wine at "FUTURA", eat vegan food at "Fika", buy ecological goods at "No plastic is fantastic", go to conferences at "Boiling Point" and concerts at A2.
Address: Naberezhnaya Reki Karpovki, 5
Sevkabel Port
A public space that opened a new city view of the Gulf of Finland. Located on the territory of the country's first cable plant, Sevkabel. Even in the pandemic, new residents are being launched here. Among the upgrades: a coffee house with MOST co-working space, an educational project "Kids in the Kitchen" (professional chefs teach kids how to cook!), a cyberpunk-style coffee bar Krang.Corp. The following events are planned: a series of market-festivals - Seaside Bazaar, open-air concerts in collaboration with Caviar Lounge, discos, an exhibition about ecology and water together with the Saint Petersburg and Moscow agencies, collaborating with V-A-C and the Polytechnic Museum. A movie theater will open in summer.
What to do here in winter? Perform triple touloupe at the "Skating rink by the Sea" and try the best vegan cuisine in the city at Anna's Secret Garden.
Address: Kozhevennaya Liniya, 40
What to do here in winter? Perform triple touloupe at the "Skating rink by the Sea" and try the best vegan cuisine in the city at Anna's Secret Garden.
Address: Kozhevennaya Liniya, 40
Temple Of Deer
The "Arsenal" factory was founded by Peter the Great in 1711, and it was here that the Bronze Horseman was created. The production hall and buildings of the former workshops and courtyard of the factory that was built in 1844-1849 will house a multimedia concert complex for 5 thousand people & underground nightclub. In 2022 a food market, a street of restaurants and bars, exhibition space, photo studios, event halls, barbershop, co-working, Indonesian wellness spa, design furniture concept store, an outdoor area for 10 thousand people with a stage for concerts and festivals will be opened.
Address: Arsenalnaya emb 1
Address: Arsenalnaya emb 1
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