City Hall and City Duma, Administrative complex in Moscow-City district, Russia
The City Hall and City Duma was a planned complex of four identical 308.4-meter, 70-story towers in the Moscow-City area near Kutuzovskiy Prospect. It was to be linked by 20 one-story bridges and four eight-story bridges at the top, the highest forming the letter M for Москва. The project was cancelled because of the Great Recession.
Work on the project began in November 2005, with completion originally planned for 2009. The international financial crisis delayed further construction, and the project was ultimately cancelled during the Great Recession. The site in Moscow-City was later sold for 7.08 billion rubles for a multifunctional complex with a hotel and apartments.
The design called for 20 one-storey bridges between the four towers and four eight-storey bridges at the top; the highest bridges were to be shaped as the letter "M" for "Москва" (Moscow). The complex was planned for the Moscow-City construction area near Kutuzovskiy Prospect by the Moscow River, but the project was cancelled because of the Great Recession, so the letter never took shape on the skyline.
The towers were planned for the Moscow-City construction area near Kutuzovskiy Prospect by the Moscow River, but the project was cancelled during the Great Recession. The site was later sold for 7.08 billion rubles for a multifunctional complex with a hotel and apartments. Nothing of the four towers was built, so there is no complex to visit.
The project was cancelled because of the Great Recession, and the site near Kutuzovskiy Prospect was later sold for 7.08 billion rubles. A multifunctional complex with a hotel of 1,300 rooms and an apart-hotel of 300 rooms is now planned there, with 250,000 square metres above ground.
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