Before & After

St. Petersburg’s cityscape is ever changing, with buildings being torn down to make room for new ones. At other times, the transformation takes the shape of re-naming, and re-purposing the building for something quite different than the original functions.

Before: Немецкая реформатская церковь / St. Peter’s German Reformed Church
Built 1862-1865

photo date unknown

After: Дворец культуры работников связи / Postal Workers’ Club
Church closed in 1929, rebuilt in 1932-1939 as the Postal Workers’ Club

7.6.2011

Before: Дом технической учебы / Technical College
Built 1930-1932

photo taken around 1932

After: Дом мебели “Нарвский” / Narvsky House of Furniture

7.6.2011