Bridge Over Drain

The original idea of the bridge between two parks belongs to a Ukrainian architect Vasyl Krychevsky. The bridge was supposed to be a part of Kyiv Government Center project made for architecture contest that was held in 1934, when Kyiv regained its status as the Ukrainian capital. Krychevsky designed the traffic viaduct that was planned to connect the Central Committee of the Communist Party and the Council of People's Commissars. He was praised for the viaduct project, but his variant of Government Center was dismissed. In the independent Ukraine, the plan of building the bridge was brought back up in 2006. At the meeting of Kyiv Architecture Department on 6 September Heorhiy Dukhovnychyi…

On 28 January 2024, ICOMOS expert Olha Rutkovska stated that one of the piers of the bridge is misplaced interfering with the Khreshchatyk brook that flows in the underground collector which causes a soil subsidence at Poshtova Square where reconstruction was on hold due to the dispute with archaeologists. In April, head of Servant of the People fraction Andriy Vitrenko during session of Kyiv City State Administration stated that due to the constructions nearby, Poshtova Square's heritage site is under threat of collapse and soil erosion of Saint Volodymyr Hill is possible. On 28 April, Andriy Myrhorodskyi, who is the author of both Glass Bridge and Poshtova Square, stated that the real…

On 21 October 2022, Ukrainian singer Wellboy released a music video for his new song 'Styl'. The video was shot in Kyiv and among the other locations featured the Shevchenko University Red Corps and the St. Volodymyr Descent Glass Bridge that were recently damaged by Russian missile strikes. The bridge was featured on the broadcast of the Eurovision Song Contest 2023, as part of the "Postcard" for Australia's entry. It was shown alongside Perth's Matagarup Bridge and Bristol's Clifton Suspension Bridge.