Modern Parks as a Trend // “My District” – 26.05.2015

The “My District” newspaper published the opinions of various experts in the creation, management and regulation of parks and other public open spaces. One of the contributors was Evgeny Druzhinin, Head of the Real Estate and Construction Department, who immediately emphasized the confusion and diversity in this area in St. Petersburg. Evgeny highlighted three overlapping legal strata in the city’s legislation: the rules on the use of land and construction, the legislation determined by the Committee on State Control, Use and Preservation of Monuments, and the legislation on specially protected natural areas, natural monuments and reserves.

The article highlighted the experience of such open spaces as the “Path of Health” in Pushkin and the Novoorlovsky Park, the Uppsala Park on Sverdlovskaya Embankment, the “Petrovsky Arsenal” in Sestroretsk, the “New Arena” project in the Murinsky Park and others.

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