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Shukhov Month

Announcing: the month of March as Shukhov Month! March 19th is the tower’s birthday: 94 this year! To celebrate and take advantage of the tower’s inclusion in the 2016 World Monuments Watch list of 50 at-risk cultural heritage sites around … Continue reading

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PHOTOS: Shukhov Tower Rally

PHOTOS from The Constructivist Project on Instagram 29.05.2014 “On Presnya a rally was held in defense of the 100-year-old Shukhov radio tower Young Muscovites demand to save a masterpiece of the Russian avant-garde for the capital” http://www.mk.ru/moscow/2014/05/29/na-presne-proshel-miting-v-zashhitu-100letnejj-shuhovskojj-radiobashni.html 29.05.2014 “Rally in … Continue reading

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Shukhov Tower – May 29 RALLY

(photo from the rally’s Facebook event) Архнадзор – Шуховская башня: открытое письмо Д.Медведеву (Archnadzor – Shukhov Tower: open letter to D. Medvedev) 28.05.2014 “Архнадзор” попросил Медведева запретить демонтаж и перенос Шуховской башни http://www.interfax.ru/moscow/378363 28.05.2014 В Москве пройдет митинг в защиту … Continue reading

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Shukhov Tower Analysis

  After observing the situation for some time now and processing all the recent articles about the Shukhov Tower, I’ve put together some thoughts on what’s been going on concerning the tower. QUESTIONS The recent actions of the Ministry of … Continue reading

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Shukhov Tower: what people are saying

Evidence that people are NOT indifferent. A collection of comments on the proposal to dismantle and relocate the Shukhov Tower. ONE day left of public discussion. By no means a complete list, but just reading a few comments and it’s … Continue reading

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Shukhov Tower Press Conference

There are TWO days of public discussion left. After that a decision on the proposal to dismantle and relocate the Shukhov Tower will be made, as soon as March 24. On Wednesday, March 19, there will be a press conference … Continue reading

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Письмо Президенту РФ В.В. Путину

Уважаемый Президент Владимир Путин! 25 февраля 2014 года Государственный Комитет Российской Федерации по Телевидению и Радиовещанию согласился с демонтажем знаменитой Радиобашни на Шаболовке в Москве, спроектированной инженером Владимиром Шуховым и построенной в 1922 году. Не было продемонстрировано никаких убедительных доказательств … Continue reading

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A Letter to Putin

An open letter to President Vladimir Putin concerning the fate of the Shukhov Radio Tower on Shabolovka St. Moscow. March 13 2014 Respected President Vladimir Putin, On February 25, 2014, the Russian State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting agreed … Continue reading

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Шуховская башня: SOS

15 марта 2014: ПРЕСС-РЕЛИЗ Московские градозащитники, историки архитектуры, искусствоведы подготовили ряд акций против планов демонтажа и переноса всемирно известного памятника архитектуры ХХ века – Радиобашни архитектора В. Шухова. В ответ на Проект постановления о разборе Башни уже выступила Общественная палата … Continue reading

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Shukhov Tower: SOS

March 15, 2014:                         PRESS RELEASE Moscow urban activists, architectural historians, and art historians have prepared a series of events against the plans to dismantle and relocate the world … Continue reading

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