From a link by vlatrif, who is calling on everyone to join a march in defense of St. Petersburg. What an absolute nightmare. Does this drawing really reflect the actual proportions of the Gazprom tower compared with the rest of St. Petersburg’s architecture? Or is it exaggerated after all? And I also have a question for those who support the construction with arguments like “what about the Eiffel Tower?” and “bring on everything new”: what exactly is new about this? The Eiffel Tower, in its time, was an extraordinarily original structure made from unusual materials. It was a breakthrough in the use of metal construction. Anyone who’s been to Dubai has seen that they’ve thrown up junk like the planned Gazprom tower on every corner there. A building reaching into the clouds is hardly a rarity. I’m all for building something truly unusual, even if it’s shaped like the Russian letter “yo” (ё), but this glass thing clearly isn’t it.