"First step" house

Four-storey house with angled balconies appeared here in 1928-1931. The project was developed by engineer N.S.Zhukov . This was the time of "avant-garde" style buildings. The brick house had no decorations and corner balconies are the only feature that made ​​it interesting and unusual. It was the time of the cooperative building in Moscow, there were communal housing and a residential homes ordered by RZHSK (housing co-operatives). Zhukov was building this house for educators; it got the nick name "the first step". House stood in the heart of a site, there was no Swedish deadlock Lane at that time. The passage to the house from the boulevard was obscured by old mansions. In 1937, the cooperatives were liquidated as a manifestation of private property, but the building remains, only the owner has changed . The building was built up with two floors in 1941. The two upper floors did not have a corner balcony . And in 1973, the access to the house was open. Now the first floor of the house is occupied by " Karavaev Brothers" cafe and a photo studio.