The Levanevsky dead-end in Odesa has been renamed Tolvinsky Alley.

Key Points:

• The dead-end has been renamed in honor of Tolvinsky.
• Mykola Tolvinsky was a renowned architect who worked in Odesa since 1887.
• Notable projects include the health resort «Kuyalnik», university buildings, and structures on the Railway Square.
• He created significant buildings, including university departments, an observatory, and a library.
• After Odesa, he continued his career in Warsaw, and his son founded the Polish urban planning school.

Mykola Kostiantynovych Tolvinsky (1857 – 1924) was born in Warsaw, but he found his creative flourish in Odesa. He worked in the municipal administration and judiciary, designing residential and public buildings that still adorn the city.

In the heart of the city, on Railway Square, two buildings for judicial institutions and the Zemstvo administration were constructed based on his designs, reflecting the Renaissance style. Today, these buildings house the Odesa Railway administration.

Among his notable projects are the hospital building of the «Kuyalnik» health resort, the faculties of physical and chemical sciences at Odesa University, and the anatomical building of the medical university, as well as the magnetic-meteorological observatory and the scientific library.

In 1900, the architect returned to Warsaw, where he continued his work at the polytechnic institute. His son Tadeusz, who was born in Odesa, became one of the founders of modern urban planning science in Poland.