the building was saved and moved instead of being torn down in order to preserve architectural heritage. From the outside the building doesn't look special.
One of my favorite places in Moscow [1], the Andreevskij Most, was moved from its place to new one to become pedestrian bridge (it was railroad bridge before that, I used to see fireworks from its heights).
The move was big deal back then - the preparation took eight months and the move itself took hour and a half (for about kilometer of walking distance).
[1] https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B8... (Russian)
The move was big deal back then - the preparation took eight months and the move itself took hour and a half (for about kilometer of walking distance).
I like the view from there.