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Houses
No.
53-57
on
Frunze
Street
(colloquially
known
as
the
“Kreuz
Pharmacy”,
according
to
the
German
inscription
preserved
on
one
of
the
houses.
Kreuz-Apotek)
are
German-built
houses
in
Kaliningrad,
the
only
example
of
houses
built
after
1900
in
the
city
center
of
the
year
.
The
complex
consists
of
three
four-story
adjacent
buildings
with
a
total
of
five
entrances
(according
to
the
numbering
system
adopted
in
Kaliningrad,
each
entrance
has
its
own
house
number).
The
first
to
be
built
were
houses
No.
73
and
74.
The
complex
was
built
in
1900-1905
according
to
B.
Kester.
According
to
A.
Gubin
in
1888.
The
facades
facing
the
street
are
divided
by
niches
and
pediments.
After
the
war,
the
houses
were
used
for
housing,
but
were
resettled
in
1987
for
major
renovations.
As
a
result,
houses
began
to
collapse,
gradually
turning
into
ruins.
At
the
beginning
of
June
2001,
part
of
the
ceilings
collapsed,
crushing
to
death
one
of
the
three
men
in
the
building
(presumably
illegally
dismantling
it
for
construction
materials).
After
this,
the
city
administration
intended
to
demolish
the
ruins
of
the
building,
but
under
public
pressure
they
eventually
put
them
up
for
auction.
In
2002,
the
ruins
of
the
building
became
the
property
of
Zhilpromstroy
LLC,
subject
to
the
restoration
of
the
facade.
On
May
18,
2009,
at
a
press
conference,
the
chairman
of
the
Kaliningrad
Municipal
Property
and
Land
Resources
Committee,
Alexander
Zuev,
announced
that
by
the
end
of
2009
a
project
for
the
restoration
of
houses
would
be
drawn
up.
However,
no
work
was
carried
out
at
the
site.
On
December
4,
2013,
the
mayor
of
the
city,
Alexander
Yaroshuk,
stated
in
the
TV
program
“Main
Hour”
that
the
legal
procedures
for
terminating
the
contract
with
the
Rossban
company,
the
owner
of
Zhilpromstroy
LLC,
are
almost
completed
and
there
is
a
potential
investor
who
intends
to
restore
the
building
as
a
hotel.
On
May
28,
2018,
part
of
the
building
collapsed.
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