Please treat the cache gently, keep it away from muggles and check that the box is properly closed!
This nice seaside area here is notorious for the fact that there was such a "war" between developers and local residents over the area for years and the saga even made it to the foreign media, but it didn't stop there.
The Kalasadama architectural detail plan, which was processed for more than 12 years in total, is a development that has received unprecedented public interest in the context of Tallinn. When the plan (a typical Pro Kapital boom-time development plan with 400 apartments up to five-story apartment buildings and a marina) was first unveiled in 2008, it met with a lot of opposition from local residents.
The local people were used to using the former industrial and military area in private hands, which had been unused for a long time as a wasteland, as they wished - going there for a walk, to the beach, swimming, organizing parties, sauna trips and other events, and they wanted the area to remain largely in public use and the sandy beach would certainly remain.
What followed was a years-long heated dispute between the developer, the city planning board and local residents over the precise content of the architectural detail plan. In the meantime, the gate leading to Kalaranda was closed, and when the construction of Kalaranna Street began, the route of the Culture Kilometer was also closed to the public by the road builders. The developer wanted to enclose the entire area with a fence, and by renaming the area a harbor, they built a high fence without a foundation (to avoid the requirement for a building permit) to prevent people from accessing here.
As a result of new long (court) disputes, almost a year later access gates were made to the temporary fence for local people and it was decided that the sandy beach should still remain. The Beta Promenade was built and people were able to go to the seaside again.
The 2016 Kalaranna architectural detail plan was finally established and an architectural competition was organized, which was won by Kadarik Tüür Architects, and architects Mihkel Tüür and Ott Kadarik and landscape architects Maarja Tüür and Kerttu Kõll started designing the Kalaranna quarter.
The construction volume of the area remained essentially the same - 400 apartments, 4-5 storey buildings. Parking is fully underground. More public space was created - in addition to the promenade, a city square and a children's playground. But the marina was abandoned and the waterfront was allowed to be preserved as an existing natural environment.
During construction, access to the sea was again closed to people for almost three years. The first houses were completed in the fall of 2021, people moved in, the beach promenade was also ready, but it was still closed and surrounded by a fence, this time the reason was a problem with the use permit, in which the developer and the city accused each other of unfinished work.
In addition, a large-scale update of the building register also happened at the same time, which made this digital environment so faulty for several months that, apart from the use permit for the promenade, all other procedural actions for construction and use permits etc. across the country were also jammed. ˇ
July 22, 2022 The Kalaranna promenade was finally opened, and people can now walk again along the shoreside City Hall to the Noblessner Quarter. The locals are a bit disappointed with the sandy beach, which they fought for for so long - it is a lot smaller than before, and the developers have not contributed much to its maintenance, it is more like a pebble-gravel beach.
But there is a nice promenade here, a cool playground and enough open space where you can take a exciting walk - come and see for yourself and find the cache too!
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Palun kohelge aaret õrnalt, hoidke seda mugude eest ja kontrollige, et tops sai korralikult kinni!
See kena mereäärne ala siin on kurikuulus selle poolest, et piirkonna pärast käis arendajate ja kohalike elanike vahel aastaid selline "sõda" et see saaga jõudis isegi välismeediasse, kuid sellega asi veel ei piirdunud.
Kalasadama planeering, mida menetleti kokku üle 12 aasta, on Tallinna kontekstis enneolematult suurt avalikku huvi pälvinud arendus. Kui 2008. aastal planeering (Pro Kapitali tüüpiline buumiaegne arendusplaan 400 korteriga kuni viiekorruselised kortermajad ja jahisadam) esimest korda avalikustati, kohtas see kohalike elanike poolt väga suurt vastuseisu.
Kohalikud inimesed olid harjunud erakätes olevat kunagist tööstus- ja militaarala, mis pikalt kasutuseta tühermaana oli seisnud, omatahtsi kasutama - käies seal jalutamas, rannas, ujumas, korraldades pidusid, saunaskäike ja muid üritusi ning soovisid, et ala jääks ka edaspidi suures osas avalikku kasutusse ja kindlasti alles jääks ka liivarand.
Järgnes aastatepikkune tuline vaidlus arendaja, linnaplaneerimisameti ja kohalike elanike vahel planeeringu täpsema sisu üle. Vahepeal Kalaranda viiv värav suleti ning kui algas Kalaranna tänava ehitus, siis suleti ka Kultuurikilomeetri trass avalikkusele tee-ehitajate poolt. Arendaja omaltpoolt soovis üldse kogu ala aiaga piirata ning nimetades maa-ala ümber sadamaks, ehitaski ilma vundamendita (pääseda ehitusloa nõudest) kõrge tara, et takistada inimeste juurdepääsu.
Uute pikkade (kohtu) vaidluste tulemusena tehti ligi aasta hiljem ajutisse piirdeaeda ligipääsuväravad kohalikele inimestele ja otsustati, et liivarand peaks ikkagi alles jääma. Rajati Beetapromenaad ja inimesed pääsesid taas mere äärde.
2016.a Kalaranna planeering kehtestati ning korraldati arhitektuurivõistlus, mille võitsid Kadarik Tüür Arhitektid ning arhitektid Mihkel Tüür ja Ott Kadarik ning maastikuarhitektid Maarja Tüür ja Kerttu Kõll asusid Kalaranna kvartalit projekteerima.
Ala ehitusmaht jäi sisuliselt samaks - 400 korterit, 4-5 korruselised hooned. Parkimine täies mahus maa all. Loodi juurde avalikku ruumi - lisaks promenaadile linnaväljak ja laste mänguväljak. Aga loobuti jahisadamast ja rannaäärne lubati säilitada olemasoleva loodusliku keskkonnana.
Ehituse ajaks suleti inimestele ligipääs merele uuesti peaaegu kolmeks aastaks. Esimesed majad valmisid 2021a sügisel, inimesed kolisid sisse, ka rannapromenaad oli valmis, aga jäi endiselt suletuks ja taraga piiratuks, põhjuseks oli seekord probleem kasutusloaga, milles arendaja ja linn teineteist tegemata töödes süüdistasid.
Lisaks sattus samale ajale ka ehitisregistri suuremahuline uuendus, mis selle digikeskkonna mitmeks kuuks niivõrd vigaseks tegi, et peale promenaadi kasutusloa toppasid ka kõik teised ehitus- ja kasutuslubade jms menetlustoimingud üle kogu riigi. ˇ
22.juuli 2022 Kalaranna promenaad lõpuks siis avati ning inimesed saavad nüüd soovi korral taas jalutada mööda kaldapealset Linnahallist kuni Noblessneri kvartalini. Kohalikud on küll pisut pettunud liivarannas, mille eest nii pikalt võideldi - see on endisest tükk maad väiksem ning samuti pole arendajad selle korrastamisse eriti panustanud, tegemist on pigem killustik-kruusarannaga.
Aga on olemas kena promenaad, lahe mänguväljak ja piisavalt avatud ruumi kus saab teha mõnusa jalutuskäigu - tulge ise vaatama ja otsige ka aare üles!
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