PROJECT OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL CENTER "101st Island"

It is planned to build a multifunctional residential complex for 1700 people and a hotel, as well as to recreate two historical objects on the territory of the former "Lenexpo" town on Vasilievsky Island.

The first one is the wooden church of the Holy Trinity, destroyed during the piercing of Nalichnaya Street in Soviet times. Back in the early XVIII century, in order to meet the spiritual needs of the employees of the galley squadron, which was then located near the present-day Kalinkin Bridge, Peter the Great authorized the construction of a portable canvas church ("so that it could be taken with us on voyages and carried from place to place") in the name of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity. It was consecrated in 1722. It was made in Moscow and brought to a newly built St. Petersburg. For almost three years the church was located at the Kalinkin Bridge, then with the construction of a harbor for rowing ships on Vasilievsky Island in February 1725, it was moved to the Galernaya Harbor. In 1733 a wooden church was built, and all the church property was moved there from the former temporary church. In 1792, by the order of Catherine II, the dilapidated church was completely rebuilt according to the project of architect Jacob Perren and consecrated in early December 1792. The building was a simple long wooden house with a one- storey bell tower on the west side. The Trinity Church was often visited by the Russian military commander Alexander Suvorov. In commemoration of this, his grandson gave the church the icon of Christ the Savior that accompanied Suvorov on his campaigns, which has since been considered one of the treasured relics of the church. The Trinity Church was often visited by the Russian military commander Alexander Suvorov. In commemoration of this, his grandson gave the church the icon of Christ the Savior that accompanied Suvorov on his campaigns, which has since been considered one of the treasured relics of the church. In October 1927, the church of the Holy Life-Giving Trinity was closed, and then demolished in 1932.

The second object is the famous building with a tower by architect David Buryshkin (1947-1949), which was dismantled in 2022. The reconstructed administrative building of the Lenexpo exhibition center will be located along Nalichnaya Street on the axis of Srednegavansky Avenue. According to the project, it will accommodate an elementary school and a kindergarten. In addition, the area will have a publicly accessible embankment and boulevard. "There will be a publicly accessible promenade, sport areas, gardening, streetlights, public benches. Probably there will also be ice cream stalls and skateboard rental stations. As a part of the built-in premises of the residential complex there is going to be a public fitness center", - said Evgeny Gerasimov, Honored Architect of the Russian Federation, head of the architectural studio "Evgeny Gerasimov and Partners". The torpedo boat "Komsomolets" (naval memorial dedicated to heroic sailors of the Baltic Fleet), which was installed there in 1973, will remain in its place, according to the project.