"We need to drag the Atlanteans there, let them hold"

Petersburgers discuss on social networks a way to fix the balconies of house No. 71 on Kronverksky Prospekt. Photos that collected dozens of comments are published in several publics on VKontakte.

“All of Russia in one photo,” the townspeople write under the post. Living discussion these pictures also caused Twitter users. “We need to drag the Atlanteans there, let them hold it,” Petersburgers joke.

The press service of the Petrograd district reported that this house is not emergency, but is under repair. Sticks in the photo are formwork that were fixed to fix the previously poured balcony plates, explained in the district administration.

The building located at the specified address is a former apartment building built at the end of the 19th century. In the list of identified objects of cultural heritage, it is not.

Petersburgers also discuss the fixation of the elements of the balcony of house No. 14 on Nekrasov Street. Previously, the photographs were published in the Central District for a comfortable habitat. Citizens ironically call this method "innovative."

According to the Paper in the press service of the district administration, the building located at the specified address is not emergency, but in the near future it will be overhaul of the facades. In anticipation of these works, the specialists of the housing cooperative No. 1 of the Central District recorded the architectural elements of the balcony with a perfolet, thereby excluding the threat of their collapse before overhaul. Whether a similar method is a standard practice, the press service has not been specified.

Photo on the cover: Citywalls

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