The first high-rises of post-war times were: 9-storey "tower with a spire" on the Khreshchatyk 13/2 (1950–1951 years of construction), 11-story buildings on Khreshchatyk, 23 and 27, built-in 1952–1953, and an 11-story building on Klovsky Uzviz Street, 17, built-in 1953.