Petersburg is changing more rapidly than ever. Something is being demolished, something is being rebuilt. Some changes cause heated debate, some pass, not noticed by the townspeople. It is not just buildings that disappear from the face of the city - symbols of an era and generation. Cafe "Saigon," Literary House, glass room on Nevsky, 18, Rogov House... You can't list everything. What has our beautiful city lost? Masterpieces of architecture? Unique picturesque silhouettes? Or that special, purely Petersburg, Leningrad culture? A new book by Inna Soboleva about how the city of Peter has changed throughout its history. About what Petersburg was and what it will never be again.