In April of this year, the governor of Saint Petersburg, Alexander Beglov, proposed to cancel the construction of the Judicial Quarter on the Vatny Island before the Birzhevoy Bridge across Malaya Neva River, and substitute it with an art park, his initiative being supported by the president of the Russian Federation. Since then, Saint Petersburg has been witnessing active preparations for the architectural competition for the best park proposal, which, according to the opinion polls, is quite controversial. As for the place for the construction of the Judicial Quarter, which was designed by the company of Evgeny Gerasimov’s, its function was to be performed by the “Neva Garden”, a park on the Smolnaya Waterfront not far away from the Smolny Cathedral designed by Rastrelli, a place that was earlier to become the venue for the construction of the Museum of the Defense and Siege of Leningrad. In the end of October, the territory was officially excluded from the list of the city green areas. However, the author of the Judicial Quarter, architect Evgeny Gerasimov, considers the decision about transferring the project to be the wrong one, and announces his proposal to keep the construction project on the Vatny Island, where, still before the idea of an art park came about, the underground part of the project had already been completed. The architect is making a concession for building a curtailed version of his project, only keeping the buildings of the courts of law and deleting the residences in order to make enough room for the park. Below, we are speaking to the architect about his proposal.