Elite areas: what does it mean to live in Patriarch's

The area of ​​Patriarch's Ponds is compared to London's Soho or Piccadilly - a relaxed European atmosphere reigns here, and the most expensive real estate in the capital is concentrated within a kilometer radius. The prestigious location has gained fame as a "state within a state" - media people, politicians, actors and directors live in club houses and old mansions. They have created their own community here. How much does an entrance ticket cost and what are the features of life in the very heart of Moscow - read in our material.

fish place

Formally, Patriarch's Ponds is a reservoir in the Presnensky district of the Central District of Moscow. But for realtors, as well as for local residents, Patriarch's is a quarter between Malaya Nikitskaya, Tverskaya, Sadovoe and Boulevard Rings. In the center is the famous pond and public garden founded in the 19th century.

Until the 17th century, there was a Goat swamp on the site of the Patriarch's Ponds. Goats were bred nearby, wool was supplied to the royal court. Patriarch Hermogenes chose this place for his residence. The patriarchal settlement grew, houses and churches arose here. In the 16th century, another patriarch, Joachim, ordered to drain the swamp and dig three ponds - the patriarchal table needed fresh fish.

Then the patriarchate fell into decay, the ponds swamped. They were remembered only in the 19th century. Then the city authorities arranged a square here, and the ponds were filled up, leaving only one - the largest. Now only the plural in the name of one reservoir, and Trekhprudny Lane, reminds of the other two.

History in faces

The action of Bulgakov's novel "The Master and Margarita" begins at the Patriarchs. Nearby, on Sadovaya, Bulgakov himself lived in a communal apartment.

Marina Tsvetaeva was born in Trekhprudny Lane, Alexander Blok spent his only winter in Moscow. Vladimir Mayakovsky, Claudia Shulzhenko and Lyudmila Gurchenko lived here. Filmed by master artists Vasily Surikov and Vasily Polenov. Since the 19th century, concerts and performances have been held in the square in summer, and a skating rink has been flooded in winter. Even Leo Tolstoy brought his daughters here to skate.

There are many old Moscow intelligentsia at the Patriarchs. In Soviet times, actors, theater directors and technical intelligentsia, chief engineers of factories and design bureaus, were given apartments here.

In the 80s, a brick building was built in Granatny Lane for the party elite, including General Secretary Brezhnev.

Patriarchs today

Patriarchal and today are popular among celebrities. Actors, writers, musicians, famous designers, editors of fashion magazines live here.

The trend of recent years is that wealthy businessmen from the prestigious Rublyovka or Ostozhenka are moving here. Therefore, the population is very diverse - for example, grandchildren who received an apartment by inheritance, and the family of a businessman who is tired of traffic jams and decided to settle in the center can live on the same stairwell.

Important buildings

Active development of the Patriarchs began in the 20th century. In 1912, the architect Ivan Zholtovsky built the estate of the merchant Tarasov in Bolshoi Patriarchal Lane. The house in the style of the Italian Renaissance with monograms and arches then shocked the public - in Moscow they were more accustomed to classicism.

In the middle of the century, the party elite settled on the Patriarchs - in 1945 a residence for the highest military leaders of the USSR ("House with Lions") appeared. The Patriarchs even wanted to rename them Pioneers, but the name did not stick.

An important modern building that has changed the face of the coast is the Patriarch residential building on Malaya Bronnaya. It was built in 2002 according to the project of Sergey Tkachenko. The facades are decorated with antique plastic sculptures, on the roof there is a huge model of the tower of the Soviet architect Tatlin. It was going to be built in St. Petersburg in 1919, but the authorities changed their minds - then avant-garde went out of fashion.

The example of "Luzhkov's architecture" causes mixed responses in the architectural community. Some call it the ugliest building in the capital, others call it a symbol of an era whose legacy has yet to be comprehended.

Elite Patriarchs

In 2017, the Moscow luxury real estate market is doing well. Already in the first half of the year, the number of transactions increased by 15% compared to the same period last year, Kalinka Group calculated.

Premium housing in the area of ​​the Patriarchs is the unchanging leader. The average transaction budget here reaches 156.5 million rubles - more than in Khamovniki or Yakimanka. There, the average transaction budget is 99 and 106.4 million rubles, respectively.

According to analysts, in the first half of 2017, the volume of offers also showed positive dynamics in the elite housing market. The growth amounted to 13% - this is the largest figure in the entire history of observations, and the potential has not been exhausted, as stated in the Kalinka Group.

Khamovniki and Zamoskvorechye are the leaders here - developers have spurred demand by launching the sale of several new properties at once. There have been no new projects at the Patriarch's for several years, nevertheless, the district is in the top ten. Average price per sq. meter amounted to 1239 thousand rubles, the average area of ​​the lot put up for sale was 175.6 sq. m. meters.

Secondary market

The area of ​​the Patriarchs is approximately 80% built up with old housing stock. Basically, these are solid houses of the late XIX - mid-XX century. Some of them after serious reconstruction. Such houses have high ceilings, spacious front rooms and interesting layouts. There are few apartments - from 12 to 30. The area of ​​​​one lot starts from 150-200 square meters. meters. Examples are the club house "On Malaya Nikitskaya", LCD "Malaya Bronnaya", "Master and Margarita", "Quarter on the Patriarchs". The price is 340-980 million rubles (2000-2200 thousand rubles per square meter).

There are several "Tsek" houses of 1968-1972 on the Patriarch's. An example of such a lot is a 4-room apartment with an area of ​​120 sq. meters with a standard 11-meter kitchen. Windows overlook the pond. The cost is 173 million rubles.

In typical "stalinkas" with reinforced concrete floors, you can find an option in the range of 18-30 million rubles. Most likely, the apartment will need renovation. In such houses there is often no elevator - this must be borne in mind.

One of the cheapest offers on the secondary market of the Patriarchs is a one-room apartment with an area of ​​46 sq. meters. The cost of the lot is 17 million rubles. The apartment is located on the first floor of a 5-storey brick building in Kozikhinsky Lane. One of the most expensive options is a penthouse in the 687 sq. meters for 26 million dollars.

New buildings of the Patriarchal

The most recent projects put into operation two or three years ago are located on Bolshoy and Maly Kozikhinsky lanes. In 2014 Vesper commissioned the Bulgakov house. The building is inscribed in the surrounding buildings. There are lots for sale at a price of 271.33-301.97 million rubles (1336-1452 thousand rubles per square meter).

Nearby is the apartment complex "At the Patriarchs" with columns and bay windows. The project was implemented by the BEL Development company, the price of the lot is 115-351 million rubles (895-1404 thousand rubles per square meter).

Residential complexes "Granatny, 6" and "Granatny, 8" are located in the most expensive and prestigious Granatny Lane. They were built in the early 2000s according to the project of the architect Sergey Tchoban. They belong to the premium class and are famous for their ladders for servants - for example, the driver can enter from the back door and bring food into the apartment without colliding with the owners. The cost of one lot is 233.26-2041.02 million rubles (1422-2682 thousand rubles per square meter).

At the time of preparation of the material, there were no buildings under construction in the Patriarch's Ponds area. Information about promising projects in open sources could not be found. With a high degree of probability, in the coming years there will be no new buildings on the Patriarchs - all the plots of land suitable for this were bought by the owners of the apartments in order to protect themselves from building under the windows.

Infrastructure

The infrastructure of the Patriarchs took shape over decades. Everything you need for life is here. There are two municipal kindergartens and four schools in the district, including one of the best in the capital - No. 1239 on Vspolny. On Ermolaevsky - city polyclinic No. 13, near the children's hospital. In the vicinity of the Patriarchs there are pharmacies, spa-salons and beauty salons.

From barbershops Chop-Chop and Mr. Righ at the Patriarchs across Russia, the fashion for men's hairdressers has rolled, where hipsters cut their beards and top managers of large companies refresh their haircuts.

Potential buyers should be aware that there are not enough grocery stores in the area. There are small retail outlets with snacks and drinks, there is a healthy food shop with farm cottage cheese and gluten-free muffins, and there is only one large supermarket - Scarlet Sails on Bolshaya Bronnaya. In the coming years, the opening of new ones is unlikely - there are no suitable premises.

At first glance, there are no problems with transport accessibility - the Mayakovskaya metro station and major Moscow highways are nearby. But life in the city center is invariably associated with congestion. There are situations when the residents of the Patriarch's are literally cut off from the outside world due to traffic jams on Novy Arbat, Tverskaya and Sadovoy. With the ecology in the center of Moscow, the situation is also not rosy - heavy traffic contributes.

Traffic jams, noise from restaurants and a crowd of tourists are part of life on the Patriarchs. But the people who settle here do not expect the silence of the sleeping area. And for forest walks you can go to the suburbs.

restaurant renaissance

Due to the huge flow of people on the Patriarchs, the restaurant business is flourishing. In just a couple of years, several dozens of fashionable places have opened here - democratic and not very democratic. Gilda Seafood in the pavilion on the shore of the pond, Svetlana Bondarchuk's "Birch", Remy Kitchen Bakery with Australian cuisine, Friends Forever with the atmosphere of New York, Canaille bistro, I Love Cake and Strudel pastry shops, Brix, Uiliams, Ess-Thetik bars - that's far not a complete list.

All Moscow flocks here to drink craft beer or eat a burger on the summer terrace. The audience is diverse, and not always peaceful - local residents began to complain about the garbage in the yards and round-the-clock music. In 2016, the conflict reached its apogee - banners appeared on Malaya Bronnaya with the text “Sobyanin! The people demand silence!

The incident caused a lot of publicity - stories appeared in the federal media, a heated discussion unfolded on Facebook. The conflict was resolved in an unbanal way and in record time - the residents of the Patriarchs simply met with the mayor of the capital over a cup of coffee and agreed on everything. Now all the establishments on the Patriarchs are closed at 23:00, and reinforced police squads are keeping order.

Rent

The area of ​​Patriarch's Ponds is in demand among tenants of elite housing. According to this indicator, it ranks 6th among Moscow districts. According to the Savills agency, more than 4% of the total number of apartments on the high-budget rental market are listed on Patriarshiye. As of May-June 2017, the average rental rate for an elite apartment is from 345 thousand rubles per month.

The main target audience is foreigners aged 40-45. They work in Moscow and move here with their families. Basically, these are top managers of large international companies and diplomats - there are about 15 embassies in the territory from Nikitskaya to Tverskaya.

In 2016, expats accounted for half of all tenants in Moscow's elite housing. Most often they settled on the Patriarchs. These are mainly the French (up to 20%), followed by the British (6%), another 10% of the demand accounted for a combination of US and Japanese citizens, Savills calculated.

Safe as in a bank

The fall experienced by the rental real estate market a few years ago had the least effect on the Patriarchs. Now the demand for quality rental housing here exceeds the supply. Therefore, an apartment on Patriarchy Street is a good investment even for those who are not going to live here.

Such an asset will protect against inflation, bring a stable income and will not require close attention, realtors assure. The search for tenants can be entrusted to an agency, and the likelihood that repairs will suffer is minimal - the tenants here are mostly respectable people with families and children.

The long-term dynamics of prices for apartments in the Patriarch's area also speaks in favor of buying for investment purposes. According to Knight Frank analysts, over the past 20 years, prices here have quadrupled. There are no prerequisites for the fact that housing here will sharply lose its attractiveness and become cheaper.

The mystical and mysterious Patriarch's Ponds have become the subject of our new article. On the one hand, this is a legendary place, thanks to the efforts of Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. On the other hand, it is the habitat of the most expensive living space in Moscow. On the third, there is the only road sign in Russia, installed by the residents of the area themselves, and warning that it is dangerous to talk with strangers here. But that's not the point. Patriarch's Ponds, or rather one pond, is Moscow inside out, not noisy, surprised, promenade. Let's talk about her.

History of the Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow

Of course, there were several Patriarch's Ponds. More specifically, three. Their history is interesting, although there is nothing unusual in it. First there were swamps. Unpleasant, impassable wilds, considered the distant outskirts. Almost no one wandered here, although an important agricultural facility was located very close - the Goat Yard, so noble that the wool from it did not go anywhere, but directly to the yard. Today it is hard to believe, but the Goat swamp, which later became ponds, existed here until the 17th century.

In the dashing years of the Time of Troubles, this land was chosen by Patriarch Hermogenes, an amazing personality in his own way. Today he is known to the Orthodox majority only as one of the great host of Russian saints, and few people know that Hermogenes was also a well-known public figure who seriously influenced the life of simple and not quite simple people. He became Patriarch of Moscow in 1606, then he was already over 70. This historical character, perhaps, will appeal to both patriots and liberals. The first - because he called for fighting the Poles by all means, expelling them from the Kremlin, the second - because, it seems, almost for the first time in the history of the kingdom, he proposed to hold elections and put on the throne the one for whom the people will vote! There was a moment in his life when he almost agreed to recognize the Pole as king, however, only on the condition of his baptism and the withdrawal of troops from Moscow, but Vladislav Sigismundovich refused such an offer. As a result, shortly before the expulsion of the Poles from the Kremlin, Hermogenes died of starvation in prison. It is believed that even from the dungeons the Patriarch sent messengers throughout the country to incite the Russian people to revolt. Here is such a story.

So, when he was the Patriarch of Moscow, Hermogenes looked after himself these not-too-beautiful places and founded the Patriarchal Sloboda here. It constantly expanded and grew rich, and one day the rulers of thoughts came up with the idea to breed fish for the table of spiritual persons. So three ponds were made from the Goat swamp. You may know that Tryokhprudny Lane is now located nearby, which was named after these three commercial reservoirs. On Tryokhprudny there are famous objects of cultural heritage - the Building of the Levenson Rapid Printing Association, the Profitable Houses of A. A. Volotskaya (the Praktika and Theatre.doc theaters found shelter here), as well as several other historical buildings, among which is the house, the architect of which was D. D Bulgakov.

Patriarch's ponds are in many ways the center of the entire architectural picture of the region, although only one pond remained from them - the rest were filled up. After the Patriarchate was abolished, Sloboda also disappeared, the area once again became swampy and it was the former fish ponds that became the cause of all the troubles. Today, buildings of different times of construction are already rising in their place. Most of the houses were built at the beginning of the twentieth century. For example, in 1912, one house here was designed and built by the brilliant neoclassicist Ivan Vladislavovich Zholtovsky. By the way, being a well-known modernist, he became one of the first architects who began work on panel houses. By the time the Tarasov mansion was built, the maestro was already an academician and a respected theorist and practitioner of architecture.

Were the Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow the main place of recreation? In truth, no. They were originally on the outskirts, at first they were private properties, and then - a place for walking members of high society and party workers. It is worth noting that in 1924 they were renamed Pioneer Ponds, but the new name was not popular. In general, innovations in these places are rarely met with joy. In 1976, a monument to Krylov was erected. But the locals did not want to see the ensemble in honor of the heroes of the Master and Margarita. Their protests were heard, the only thing that reminds of Bulgakov here is a sign warning not to talk to strangers. Well, protest is a good thing. But the Patriarch could not save any protest from the construction of a huge and, in my opinion, ugly residential complex. The pseudo-classical giant now towers over the pond, it can be seen from anywhere, and apart from the status of the most expensive living space in Moscow, it has no other advantages.

Monuments of the Patriarch's Ponds

Today, several monuments can be found on the banks of the pond. The most ambitious is “Krylov’s Fables”: twelve panels, worn out in places for good luck, and the fabulist himself, quite looking back at his legacy. Foolish lovers stuck locks for luck wherever they could, so that the authenticity of the monument suffered greatly. But still, this place is very fond of both foreigners and locals. In general, Krylov lived in St. Petersburg, and left it extremely rarely, so such a huge monument can only be surprised, given the absence of any monument to the main popularizer of the Patriarch's Ponds among the people - Mikhail Bulgakov. There really is no memorial.

Back in 1999, a competition was held for the best design of the monument, but it was rejected by local residents. Looking at the mountains of garbage that appear even despite the efforts of the janitors, and the marginal audience that fills a small park, one can only regret that the citizens refused to build a monument. You see, it would be cleaner. But the expensive and pretentious Pavilion, a restaurant in the building of the same name with stucco and the remains of the first pavilion of the 38th year, looks completely out of place here. And the ugliness that sometimes happens around him perfectly emphasizes this alienness.

The last exhibit at the Patriarch's Ponds in Moscow is a sign. A small, funny mock-car sign that says "No Talking to Strangers". The only hint of the Master and Margarita. And how many great people were not mentioned at all? The patriarchs are connected with Tsvetaeva, who was born nearby, Dmitriev, Mayakovsky. This area has been a haven for writers and poets. Mayakovsky lived nearby, Blok stopped ... If each famous inhabitant of the area is given a monument, the park will have to be expanded due to the already narrow roadway.

In general, if you are interested in the spirit of old Moscow, come here. Here he still remained.

On Malaya Bronnaya, the historic estate of Neklyudova is being demolished

On Malaya Bronnaya, the main house of Neklyudova's city estate of the 19th century is being demolished by excavators. Representatives of the Arkhnadzor public movement told The Village about this.

Archnadzor said that the demolition began early in the morning on May 6. It is noted that the building is classified as a historically valuable city-forming object and, according to the law, cannot be demolished.

Activist Elena Tkach also talks about the demolition of the building on her Facebook page: “On Malaya Bronnaya, in the mode of a military operation, the Moscow authorities are demolishing the Neklyudova mansion. Blocked for movement Bolshaya and Malaya Bronny, about 70 militants stand in a cordon. The police detained a resident who tried to block the road for construction equipment with his car. There was no such lawlessness even under Luzhkov.”

Manor Neklyudova. A 40-story panel house for the growing Sobyanin family will be built on this site.

She emphasizes that "this is the oldest building on Malaya Bronnaya" and that "it survived the fire of 1812." The building was the first children's hospital in Moscow, then the Taneyev People's Conservatory was located in the building.

In November 2016, the Moscow authorities issued a town-planning plan for the land plot, which provides for the demolition of Neklyudova's house and the construction of a new building 28 meters high in its place, in close proximity to residential buildings and a kindergarten.

According to the organization, the decision was made despite the negative opinion of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage and the Moscow Committee for Architecture regarding the demolition of the historic building and new construction on this site.

UPD (14:52): The Village managed to get a comment from an eyewitness to the demolition and architect Natalya Lagutina. She said that the demolition had been known for a long time, but this year the owner changed and “everything started spinning at a terrible speed.”

“Reconstruction of the estate under the leadership of Lead Estate LLC turned into the demolition of the estate and the construction of an elite club house. On April 24, 2017, the “quiet” mansion was excluded from the list of objects of protection, - the order of the Moscow Department of Cultural Heritage No. 257. Further, in all documents, this building already appears not as a 19th-century estate that survived the fire of 1812, but as a building built in 1969 to be renovated,” Lagutina explained.

There was a luxurious mansion, and now - Sobyanin's devastation.

She noted that the 19th-century façade itself could still be preserved. According to her, "it is possible to build a building on the spot that fits into the existing development - that is, not higher than 16 meters." “Now they want to build a house 33 meters high, which, in my opinion, will completely violate the historical appearance of Malaya Bronnaya and Patriarch's Ponds,” the architect said.