Friends, we want to start a wonderful tradition — share what has seen and your impressions from different cities, buildings, people… So that, enjoy 🙂
And our first impression — one of the same houses, which we pass every day, without even thinking about, what every brick or window transom keep many secrets, stories and stories.
so, tenement house of the noblewoman Chokolova on Bolshaya Zhitomirskaya, 32, built in 1910-1911 year - an example of the work of Ignatius Ledokhovsky.
The architect himself is definitely worth it, to mention it separately. Ledokhovsky, probably, the most mysterious representative of his profession - virtually nothing is known about him, Besides, name. Amazing, but it is a fact - there is no information even about the dates of life of the "father of Kiev Art Nouveau".
But back to the building itself.
Because of, that the facade is painted pink, the people of Kiev gave him the nickname "the bride of the old general".
The house originally had three floors.. The fourth appeared already in the 40s of the last century - within the framework of the standard for those times striving to increase useful areas everywhere, wherever possible.
Unfortunately, the appearance of the fourth floor was the reason for, that the dome with a relief did not reach us.
At the same time, part of the decorative design was lost - a mythological plot with young men and women, in whose hands are books. Remarkably, that the first mistress of an apartment building, belonged to a well-known family in Kiev, owning printing house. Hence the books?
Still clear, where was the little front garden, which could be seen from small corner balconies. The remains of a forged door have also survived., leading from the front garden into the building.
Two mythological figures above the window of the third floor - a kind of "beregini" and the building itself, and those, who lives in it.
Woven snakes. According to one version, they mean the fact, that there are always at least two points of view on all events that have occurred.
After the Revolution 1917 years in the "fiancee of the old general" housed various organizations, and now, due to legislative difficulties with land lease, the building is abandoned, dilapidated. And the prospects for its recovery are very vague..
With inspiration,
Your SvitHome
