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Lessons of the Lost Shopping Complex of the Late 19th Century Cover

Lessons of the Lost Shopping Complex of the Late 19th Century

Architecture, Civil Engineering, Environment
Volume 14 (2021): Issue 1 (March 2021)
By: Svitlana SMOLENSKA and  Artem BORYSENKO  
Open Access
|Apr 2021

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Figure 1.

Fragment of the map of Kharkiv, 1902, showing the location of “Big Block” downtown quarter [11]
Fragment of the map of Kharkiv, 1902, showing the location of “Big Block” downtown quarter [11]

Figure 2.

Photographs showing the original look of the Old Arcade before reconstruction in 1893 [12]: on the left – a photograph of 1885 depicting Merchants Descent from bridge over river Lopan; on the right – postcard of the late 19th century depicting Merchants Descent from University street (between 1875 and 1893)
Photographs showing the original look of the Old Arcade before reconstruction in 1893 [12]: on the left – a photograph of 1885 depicting Merchants Descent from bridge over river Lopan; on the right – postcard of the late 19th century depicting Merchants Descent from University street (between 1875 and 1893)

Figure 3.

Photographs showing the Old Arcade after reconstruction in 1893: top left – postcard of the early 20th century depicting Merchants Descent from the bridge over river Lopan [11]; top right – postcard of the early 20th century depicting Merchants Descent from University street [12]; bottom left – postcard of the early 20th century depicting intersection of Merchants Descent and Klochkovskaya street, showing the lower entrance to the Old Arcade with the large window and balcony above it [12]; bottom right – postcard of 1895 depicting interior of the Old Arcade after reconstruction, showing its new skylight [12]
Photographs showing the Old Arcade after reconstruction in 1893: top left – postcard of the early 20th century depicting Merchants Descent from the bridge over river Lopan [11]; top right – postcard of the early 20th century depicting Merchants Descent from University street [12]; bottom left – postcard of the early 20th century depicting intersection of Merchants Descent and Klochkovskaya street, showing the lower entrance to the Old Arcade with the large window and balcony above it [12]; bottom right – postcard of 1895 depicting interior of the Old Arcade after reconstruction, showing its new skylight [12]

Figure 4.

The hypothetical spatial structure of the Old Arcade (own work) with visual references [11, 12, 13]
The hypothetical spatial structure of the Old Arcade (own work) with visual references [11, 12, 13]

Figure 5.

Fragment of the map of Kharkiv, 1916 (depiction of Arcade as a street is highlighted) [13]
Fragment of the map of Kharkiv, 1916 (depiction of Arcade as a street is highlighted) [13]

Figure 6.

Photograph depicting the façade of the Old Arcade facing Merchants Descent during the reconstruction of 1893 [13]
Photograph depicting the façade of the Old Arcade facing Merchants Descent during the reconstruction of 1893 [13]

Figure 7.

Hypothesis on the façade of the Old Arcade facing University Street. Own work, based on an analysis of original photographs, postcards, text descriptions of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries
Hypothesis on the façade of the Old Arcade facing University Street. Own work, based on an analysis of original photographs, postcards, text descriptions of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries

Figure 8.

Hypothesis on the façade of the Old Arcade facing Merchants Descent. Own work, based on the analysis of original photographs, postcards, text descriptions of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries
Hypothesis on the façade of the Old Arcade facing Merchants Descent. Own work, based on the analysis of original photographs, postcards, text descriptions of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries

Figure 9.

Comparison of two portals of the Old Arcade facing Merchants Descent (left) and University Street (right). Own work, based on the analysis of original photographs, postcards, text descriptions of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries
Comparison of two portals of the Old Arcade facing Merchants Descent (left) and University Street (right). Own work, based on the analysis of original photographs, postcards, text descriptions of the end of 19th and the beginning of 20th centuries

Figure 10.

Balcony of house 31, Iskrinska Street, in Kharkiv. Photo by S. Smolenska, 2020
Balcony of house 31, Iskrinska Street, in Kharkiv. Photo by S. Smolenska, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/acee-2021-004 | Journal eISSN: 2720-6947 | Journal ISSN: 1899-0142
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Language: English
Page range: 33 - 44
Submitted on: Oct 1, 2020
Accepted on: Feb 10, 2021
Published on: Apr 17, 2021
Published by: Silesian University of Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
Architecture of commercial structures,
Evolution of commercial buildings,
Historical study,
Shopping arcade,
The late 19 century
Related subjects:
Architecture and design,
Architecture,
Architects, buildings

© 2021 Svitlana SMOLENSKA, Artem BORYSENKO, published by Silesian University of Technology
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