You will examine facades with "fish," Christmas trees, and gilded bricks, figure out where the fire wall is and where the volute is, and understand how the history of the quarter and the character of St. Petersburg are hidden in the patterns and inscriptions. The city can be read not only by signs but also by cornices, masonry joints, and strange creatures on the facades. The excursion-mediation on the architecture of the Vladimir district invites you to slow down and hear the city with your eyes: to notice the "fish," Christmas trees, and gilded bricks, to distinguish where the fire wall protects the quarter from fire, and where the volute twists the line of the column into an elegant spiral. The mediation is built on short stops at characteristic houses and micro-stories: how the courtyard-well is organized, why there is a rounding at the corner, what the decorative "Christmas trees" in the masonry mean, and where the Renaissance cellars came from in the city. You will analyze how the facade communicates with the street, why it needs supports, belts, and sandriks, why one house seems "heavy" while another appears "light," and how the light changes the relief of the plaster in the evening. You will see how classical proportions coexist with modern plasticity in one quarter, where brick enters into dialogue with stone, and patterns on wrought iron grilles continue the design of the facade. You will also learn to read the layout by windows and openings, find traces of restorations, additional layers of paint, and non-obvious joints of materials. We know what to see in St. Petersburg.