We have already mentioned that the Alexander Bell Tower of the Assumption Cathedral is Kharkiv’s best—albeit inaccessible—viewing platform. Unfortunately, what stands out most from the bell tower is the extremely depressing sight of the ruins where an architectural monument of national significance once stood—the former chemistry building of Kharkiv University (now owned by the UIPA).
The building burned down in August 2018, and restoration work has not yet begun.
It is also disheartening to see the long-stalled construction of an attic on the roof of the building at Universitetskaya Street, 13, which belongs to the city council archives and has been covered in scaffolding for several years now.
In 2019, the Pokrovsky Cathedral (1689) was repainted dark blue, even though the 17th-century churches of Sloboda Ukraine were originally white.
Many complaints were raised regarding the “unnatural” appearance of the emerald-green color gradients on the BTI building, which was renovated between 2016 and 2020.
And this photo clearly shows the illegally constructed 9-story addition above the garage on Poltavskyi Shliakh Street, which was supposed to have been demolished by court order back in 2016–17.
Sculptures on the “Masonic Stalinist building“:
Beginning of Sumska Street:
Lopan river:
Universytets’ka Street:
The beginning of Heroes of Kharkiv Avenue:
Central Market:
