According to Kuznetsov, the Zaryadye project can be considered successful: in two years, the park received about 23 million visitors, which is exactly in line with forecasts.
“In attendance, in ticket sales, we see that interest in the park not only does not subside, but even grows ... The registration of the park in the city, it seems to me, has been successful. And somehow it instantly happened. We did not have a period of getting used to, from the moment of opening a lot of people came - in the early days there was generally a rush of traffic when it seemed that you were in the subway at rush hour, ”the architect said during a conversation with RT on the fields of the VIII St. Petersburg International cultural forum.
According to him, “Zaryadye” is operating normally, but interest in him does not subside, and he remains part of the “must-do program” for both Muscovites and visitors.
Kuznetsov emphasized that any news related to the park gains public resonance.
“When there was resonant news that something was smashed there, the plants and so forth were carried out, then, during further investigation, it turned out that nothing had happened at all. Glasses were not beaten, plants were all in place. I am not saying that there were no complications; their scale is simply not even known for certain. I just want to say: how “Zaryadye” has become such a Jerusalem in Moscow, the navel of the earth, to which everyone cares! And this is great, ”concluded the architect.
- Moscow Chief Architect Sergey Kuznetsov on the work of Zaryadye Park
Earlier, Kuznetsov spoke about the transformation of the Moscow River into a transport artery.