The name of Khreshchatyk Street comes from the area known as Khreshchatyk Valley (or Khreshchatyi Yar). In the 1837 perspective plan of the city, the street was listed as Khreshchatytska. Later, the name was transformed into Khreshchatyk. There was also a large stream that flowed from the area where the Ivan Franko Theater is now located. This stream, flowing through the entire area of modern Khreshchatyk, flowed into the Klov River where Basseina Street is now located. At the same time, a road was laid in the direction of Vasylkiv. Until 1806, there were practically no buildings directly on the site of modern Khreshchatyk - there were protective ramparts in the area of the modern Maidan, and the buildings barely reached Khreshchatyk from the side of the modern Prorizna Street. In 1936, Khreshchatyk was paved over, and the tram line was dismantled and replaced by a much less noisy trolleybus. After the Second World War, Khreshchatyk had a frightening appearance - it was almost completely in ruins. Of the many buildings built in the pre-Soviet period, only a few have survived to this day - at the beginning of the street and near the intersection of Khreshchatyk and Taras Shevchenko Boulevard. In the late 1940s, a large-scale development of Khreshchatyk began in a single architectural style - the so-called "Stalinist Baroque" or "Stalinist Empire" style. This is how Khreshchatyk appears to us today. Khreshchatyk is home to administrative buildings, expensive boutiques, and restaurants. It is always crowded, noisy, and interesting. Renting an apartment on Khreshchatyk, it will be convenient to get to any place on our route. There are many establishments here, you can eat in an expensive restaurant or in a family cafe. For example, there are outlets of the Puzata Khata, Family Family, and Arugula chains. The White Pour is also popular, serving cider, oysters, and pies for a single price of 1 euro. We walk along Khreshchatyk to the Maidan.