Beautiful architecture and courtyard. Surprised to see an English sign: Grand Plaza?
You probably made a little mistake - this is the Grand Palace
http://www.grand-palace.ru/ The building was built in 1908.
Since 2003, the Boutique Gallery has been located here (2 floors, 500 sq.m.) in a building occupying an entire block from Nevsky Prospekt to Italianate Street in the area of Arts Square (7 floors, 20 thousand m2). Reconstruction of the building of the former "Siberian Commercial Bank", recreated according to the drawings of 1879 (the customer is LLC "Grand Palace", the designer is the architectural workshop "Studio 44"). The building has the most modern life support and security systems, autonomous power supply, 10 escalators, 5 cargo and 4 glass panoramic elevators. In particular, Baldinini, Escada, IT, Ives Delorme, Morgan, Swarovski, Trussardi brands are represented in the trading halls.
In the middle of the XVIII century, this site was part of the territory of the small imperial stable. In 1778, a three-storey stone house was built, which was rebuilt several times during the XIX century. The current appearance of the building was acquired in 1908, when the architect B. Girshovich erected a new building commissioned by the Siberian Commercial Bank. This is a high-quality and even noble neoclassicism: a solidly outlined gray granite facade, clearly drawn details, strong reliefs. It resembles the Leningrad ballerinas of the old school: it stands firmly, clearly and not without aplomb. A restrained and spectacular entrance, excellent doors, good Doric columns and a real hall. The clarity of this neoclassical style is especially noticeable against the background of the South Slavic Art Nouveau of the neighboring house (Nevsky Prospect, 46).
In the old building in the 1840s, the editorial office of the famous Russian magazine "Otechestvennye Zapiski" was located here. At that time, the magazine was edited by Andrei Krayevsky and was the banner of Russian Westernism, Valerian Maikov and Vissarion Belinsky lived in it. In the 1870s, participants of the Narodnaya Volya gathered on the ground floor in the confectionery of O. F. Andreev. The photos of the turn of the century show the inscription Moscow Merchant Bank, he rented premises here until he moved into his own house built nearby (Nevsky Prospekt, 46).
In Soviet times, a variety of offices were located in house 44, including the Institute of Civil Project, in which architect Noah Troitsky, the author of the Big House on Liteyny Avenue and the House of Soviets on Moskovsky Avenue, worked.
The cafe "North" located here was very popular.
Now the entire interior space is occupied by a unique of its kind "Grand Palace", facing the Italian street. Grand Palace is a new boutique arcade, the first such shopping complex in the North-West of Russia.
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