If at the time of Peter the Great, the buildings of St. Petersburg were concentrated around the Hare Island, then over the course of 300 years the city has expanded significantly.
Now Primorsky district is the most densely populated, it contains the largest number of new buildings.
The commandant square in the Primorsky district is one of the youngest in the Northern capital, it appeared only in the early 80s of the XX century, and now it is the face of "New Petersburg".
History
Even in pre-Petrine times, part of the Primorsky district was the water surface of Lake Dolgoe. Peter I began to give these lands for use to the commandants of the Peter and Paul Fortress, hence the name of the area. At first it was the Commandant dachas, then the Commandant field. But this place was not popular. As far back as the 19th century, the territory consisted of gardens and fields.
Everything changed at the beginning of the 20th century, when the All-Russian flying club leased land from the commandant of the Peter and Paul Fortress for 13 thousand rubles a year, and test flights began to be conducted on the field. The public's attention was drawn to the area in 1910, when the aviation week was held here.
It was from here, from the future Commandant Square, that innovative flights, unique for that time, were made - to Gatchina without landing, to Moscow, the first postal flight. From here, Utochkin and Gakkel rose into the sky, and Matsievich died here.
During World War II, the airfield was used to land transport aircraft. Flights took place until 1963, when the airfield was closed.
The vast territory immediately acquired an abandoned view, where abandoned warehouses, hangars, farm buildings were interspersed with swamps and vacant lots.
District development
Active development and development of the Primorsky district and its part - the Commandant airfield - began in the 70s of the XX century, when it was required to quickly resettle the St. Petersburg communal apartments in a short time. The architecture of the district is solved in a single style, the house-ships were not decorated with anything. There was only one skyscraper - the 70-story building of the Lenhydroproject.
But the arisen highways retained their location, reflecting the history of aeronautics. In the area there are Parashyutnaya and Aerodromnaya streets, Testers and Lev Matsievich squares.
Several streets, including Ilyushin, Utochkina, Gakkelevskaya, and two avenues - Testers and Komendantsky - formed an island among the houses, in April 1988 it was called Komendantskaya Square. So the square appeared on city maps.
Modern look
The inconvenient location of the square created many difficulties for motorists and pedestrians.
This continued until 2005, when the Komendantsky Prospekt metro station was opened, and the construction of a shopping center began to boil.
The commandant square in St. Petersburg acquired its current form in 2009, when the round building of the Atmosphere shopping and entertainment center was erected in the center with an underground entrance to the metro and a passage through Commandant Avenue. Automobile traffic was organized around the area, which reduced the accident rate and increased traffic. Now the area covers an area of 11 thousand square meters. m
"Atmosphere" on the Commandant
Architects D. and B. Sedakov worked on the creation of the Atmosphere shopping and entertainment center, now the center is the property of Adamant Holding Company.
“Atmosphere”, erected in the middle of the Commandant Square, is a mirror ball with chrome-plated metal inserts; in general, the look of the shopping center is modern and stylish.
Six ground and one underground floor is a shopaholic’s paradise, an opportunity to purchase everything from clothing to household appliances, relax, eat, entertain children and go in for sports. It is convenient to move around the building on elevators or escalators.
For cars, a multi-level underground parking is provided.
The center is open from 10 to 22 hours.
Shopping and entertainment
80 stores are located on Komendantskaya Square in the Atmosphere shopping center.
A variety of mobile phone stores occupy the underground level, leather goods and jewelry, large shoe centers Kari and Deichmann, clothes Cropp, Luhta, Oodji, a pharmacy are presented.
The first floor is fragrant - here is the Rive Gauche perfume store, Thomas Berger, a clothing store for men, Soldier of Fortune attributes, and linen boutiques Golfstream, Verdi and Etam are also located.
It is worth going up a floor and you will fall into the realm of all kinds of women's clothing: the brands Incity, Ostin, Zarina, Vilatte and others replace each other. A Lee / Wrangler branded jeans store is also open here.
Almost half of the 3rd floor is occupied by a DNS electronics hypermarket. Another third was given to the Zenden shoe store, the Modis clothing store.
On the fourth floor you need to prepare - after all, it is all given to children's goods, so visitors here are mostly children. The huge Detsky Mir hall is located next to the radio-controlled models in the Pilotage store, LEGO and Toy.ru. Clothing is presented in stores Gulliver, "Little Lady", Ostin Kids and others.
If you are done shopping, you can go up to the 5th floor, where the food court and the Karo Cinema are located. 7 halls can accommodate almost 800 spectators at the same time. The cinema is open from 10am to 3am.
To take care of health and appearance, residents of the environs of Commandant Square do not have to go far. Atmosphere has a solarium on the 1st floor and a fitness club on the 6th floor.
How to get there
The commandant square of St. Petersburg is the center of the district, so it is not difficult to get here from anywhere in the city.
Several bus routes (No. 182, 170, 171, 127 and others), minibuses, trolleybus No. 50 and, of course, the metro.