Deribasovskaya Street is the main street of the city, the heart of Odessa. It received its name in honour of Osip Deribas, the founder of the city, and most of its part is a pedestrian zone. Deribasovskaya is a popular place of festivities, There are numerous cafes and shops. Also popular is the City Garden adjacent to the street. City Garden, the first in Odessa.
The City Garden was opened in 1803, almost immediately after the founding of the city, by brothers José and Felix de Ribas. Since mid-2006, the city garden has been under restoration, and reopened to the public in May 2007.
The park now has a singing fountain and the circular covered stage has been restored, where symphony orchestras perform. The City Garden is also famous its monuments: some of them have become symbols of Odessa. These are the monuments to a lion and lioness with lion cubs, the monument "The Twelfth Chair", erected in honour of Ilf and Petrov's book Ilf and Petrov's "The Twelfth Chair", a monument to Leonid Utesov, and a monument to the Sergei Utochkin, a pilot and sportsman of the early 20th century.
