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Main Press Centre
As provided for by the Master Plan
for the Development of Moscow, a
large building for the Novosti Press
Agency (APN) and offices of the USSR
Union of Journalists was completed
on Zubovski Boulevard by the time
when the Games started. It housed the
Main Press Centre of the Olympic
Games. Up to 3,000 accredited media
representatives could work there at
one time.
The location of the Main Press
Centre at an intersection of Sadovoye
Ring and Komsomol Avenue, near
Park Kultury Metro Station ensured
good transport connections with the
130
hotels where the media were
accommodated and with the venues.
The six-storey building of the
Main Press Centre includes three
communicating inner yards, each with
a separate exit on to Sadovoye Ring.
Separate entrances from the yards
lead to different sections of the
building.
The architecture of the building
was designed to match surrounding
modern constructions and the
architectural monument Military
Depots located nearby. The skeleton
of the building was assembled from
precast ferro-concrete units and its
Façade of the Main Press
Centre
Ground Floor Plan
1. Lobby with press lockers
2. Restaurant
3. Conference hall
4. Inner yards
5. Accreditation desk
6. Photo complex
7. Repairs shop
8. Television studio
9. Post-office
10. Service bureau