The red-brick Sörnäinen Crown Mansion is located at Hämeentie 39 a. It is just on the Hermann side of the Sörnäinen border - between Hämeentie, Lautatarhankatu and Junatie. Originally a free-standing building, the Makasiini has been partially hidden by the Hämeentie bridge and Lautatarhankatu. The building has over 2 000 square metres and three floors. From the bridge you can see the tower blocks of Kalasatama [...]
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Lautatarhankatu on Hermannin etelälaidalla kulkeva mäkinen katu, joka on noin puoli kilometriä pitkä. Sen varrella sijaitsee mm. The Crown Mansion in Sörnäinen, Helena Old People's Home and Margarine factory.
Nimensä lautatarhankatu on saanut tienoolla sijainneiden lautatarhojen mukaan. Lautatarha on sahatavaran kuivatus- ja varastointialue.
The Lautatarhankatu tram stop (H0315 & H0316) is located on Hämeentie, by the Helena Old People's Home, near the intersection of Lautatarhankatu and Mäkelänkatu. Trams 6 and 8 stop at the stop. Kutonen runs from Arabianranta via Kallio and the city centre to Eiranranta. Kasi runs from Arabianranta via Töölö to Jätkäsaari.
Tuulensuuntori 1:n asuinrakennus on eläkelaitos Kevan omistama senioritalo, jonka huoneistot on tarkoitettu ensisijaisesti 55 vuotta täyttäneille asukkaille. Rakennuksessa toimii myös palveluasuntola Mainiokoti Hermanni. Rakennuksessa on vaalea, hiekan sävyinen rappaus ja sen alaosa erottuu tummana kivijalkana. Julkisivua hallitsevat lasitetut parvekkeet, jotka muodostavat selkeän ruudukkorytmin. Ylimmässä kerroksessa osa huoneistoista on rakennettu parvekkeiden tapaan ulkoneviksi, mikä tuo taloon […]
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Helena Old People's Home
Helena Nursing Home is a Russian-speaking nursing home at Hämeentie 55, run by the St Helena Foundation. The main building was completed in 1913 and has an Orthodox church on the third floor, dedicated to the female martyrs Vera, Nadezhda and Lyubov (Faith, Hope and Love) and their mother Sofia. The house was built by the Russian charitable association Ryska välgörenhetsföreningen i Finland. The nursing home specialises in Russian [...]
The building of the old state margarine factory at Lautatarhankatu 2 was completed in 1924 by Uno Sjöholm, architect of the Prison Department of the Ministry of Justice. The factory was built by prisoners. The old factory building is now a residential building. Before the major renovation in 2018-2020, the building had been vacant for decades and had fallen into a state of disrepair. The margarine factory produced Herkkumargarine and Sole table margarine The building represents the early industrial history of the northern side of the Pitkänsilta and [...]