In early 90-s Moscow started to develop greatly and eternally
increased its pace of development. That is why The Government of Moscow decided
to create in Moscow an active integrated area combining business, leisure and
residence for home and international businessmen – Moscow International Business
Center “Moscow-City” which pretends to be the most large-scale project in Europe.
MIBC (Moscow International Business Center) is located
in Presnensky District and includes 6 skyscrapers with maximum height of 300
meters or more. For instance, Shanghai has 5, Hong Kong has 6, Chicago has 6
and New York has 7. One of the tallest buildings in Europe is also a MIBC
tower, called Federation Tower. MIBS also includes a complex of towers, symbolizing
Moscow and St. Petersburg, which is called “The City of Capitals”.
Since the begging of construction has passed four
changes of the President, few economic crises, another Olympic game in Russia
and so on. Nevertheless, the buildings are still growing to the top and on
breadth.
Here you can find not only offices, but literally
everything: from shopping malls to gyms and restaurants. It is also possible to
buy an apartment there but the prices, of course, are relevant.
No doubt, it’s very interesting to walk there,
sometimes raising my head up in order to get a better look on this monument of human
power (but, please, don’t peer too long as some explorers as you may forget to
look around and not to notice you). This is a perfect place to get acquainted
with a piece of New York-Hong Kong-Singapore world.
As in any other CBD people here are always searching
for coffee, nervously smoking while discussing a new project, use taxies (or some
very-very luxurious cars) to come home, put on the best clothes they can find
and, of course, never leave their mobile phones longer than for a minute (right
time to buy a latte).
To be honest, when I was collecting some data for this
article, I drowned in it. To be more concrete, in the amount of negative
information. Russians, and especially Muscovites, despise the skyscrapers,
claiming that they disfigure the city. Some dislike “Moscow City” due to the
amount of traffic jams it has become a reason to, some due to the amount of
money it cost the government and, of course, everyone blames the prices of rent.
You can hear various reasons and at least half of them would be at least
unreasonable. Meanwhile, “Moscow City” keeps on being one of the most noticeable
point in the capital, mirroring all the complaints with its the glass.
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