The main fountain of the city Perm
On Monday 31 October 2011, citizens of Perm gasped: «The fountain is demolished, our fountain, our dear! Let’s go and drop a coin in it as a goodbye».The square in front of the Drama Theater was surrounded by a blue fence, and inside it the excavators rattled. On the fence there was neither picture what will be as a result nor plate with the information about the completion of work- nothing.What’s happened with the main fountain of the city?
The fountain, where a lot of citizens of Perm liked to go for a walk, meet each other and make dates, was dismantled! The fountain of Perm stood in a dilapidated state: there were protruded rusty fittings, broken granite slabs on which a lot of people of our city liked to run in their childhood, now were scattered throughout the square. Then everybody remembered that in April this year, a new project of the reconstruction of the Esplanade was shown to the journalists.
In the square it was promised to build a new fountain and also a wooden stage near it with the height of 9-12 meters. On the question of why it is needed,the officials responded that the updated area will give the city a modern look and will be able to improve the quality of space. In their opinion there will be a full life, in the wall there will be places for stages and musicians will be able to play near it.
Will the officials finally perform conceived? These assumptions was confirmed by Minister of Culture of Perm Region Nikolai Novichkov. But in the City Committee of Culture pay attention of Permers that the fountain outlived its life. It was build at the same time as the building of thatre,-in 1981-1982. At the end of December 2011 at the place of the fountain will fill children's and adult rollers total area of 3000 square meters. In the spring of 2012 in the center of the square will establish a new modern light dynamic fountain "River".Whatever it was ,Perm inhabitants have to live with the loss of one of the main attractions of the city.
