In modern urbanism, the wide open space of a large area is perceived as something irretrievably outdated. No designer, be it a New Urbanist (an 18th-century movement funded by Disney) or a piazza-obsessed modern high-tech urbanist, would want anything to do with such a gigantic monster born of an authoritarian system. What is the reason for this rejection - purely aesthetic rejection, or is there a political background here? Perhaps there is some secret potential hidden in the inexplicable uselessness of such a space? Or maybe these empty spaces are actually well suited for public speeches and expressions of will? Translation: Dmitry Simanovsky