Bread Factory No.5

Although vacated, this bread factory still offers some tasty baked goods.




Just watching the bread kiosk outside the former bread factory for a few minutes, one can see that people drive up, hop out of their Zhiguli or Mercedes, get some bread, and trot contentedly back to their cars and drive off, already consuming some of the delicious baked goods. In the picture below, that’s exactly what this guy pulled up for: bread! For this very delicious reason, I happen to look forward to visiting bread factories. The bread is made off site now, but in my humble opinion it’s the best нарезной bread in town.

For now, this bread factory has seen the last of its bread-making days and only remains as a skeleton, but it’s only a matter of time (and funding) before works begins on it’s reconstruction.

Although highly compromised, the conversion plan for Bread Factory Number 5 (Georgy Marsakov 1931) will at least preserve most of the original complex. It closed in early 2007 in preparation for a conversion into a cultural and office centre. Unfortunately the revolutionary factory equipment, created by Marsakov to create 50,000 loaves of bread per day, has been scrapped. Two office blocks will be built behind the central circular building, thus depriving the factory of its original silhouette, one of its most striking features. The new development is a far cry from the efficiency of form of Marsakov’s original design, but it does at least represent a shift in attitude towards the legacy of the industrial avant garde. – Clementine Cecil

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