storage of provisions and some of Europe's best wine cellars. The hall on the lower floor has one of the best preserved Art Nouveau interiors in the city. Tomcat statue On 25 January 2000, a sculpture of a tomcat offered by historian Sergey Lebedev was placed in the building's eaves. The tomcat is made of cast iron and its height is 50 cm; the tomcat has become an attraction of the street, and he is now affectionately called Elisey (a short, affectionate form of 'Eliseyev'). On the opposite side of the street there is a cat called Vasilisa. In 2004, the cats returned from restoration and have been in place constantly since then. References Other sources Nevsky Prospekt – the architectural guide (Boris Kirikov, Ludmila Kirikova, Olga Petrova) – Centropoligraph, Moscow, 2004 -(Невский проспект – Архитектурный путеводитель, Б. М. Кириков, Л.А. Кирикова, О.В. Петрова), Центрополиграф, Москва, 2004 Petersburg – A Guide. Naum Sindalovskii, St. Petersburg 2000 – (Петербург. Путеводитель. Наум Синдаловский. Санкт-Петербург). 2000 St. Petersburg, A Guide, Kurbatov (Kourbatoff) – 1913. Петербург – путеводитель, Курбатов, 1913 External links Official site of the Eliseyev Emporium Official site of the Eliseev Brothers Buildings and structures in Saint Petersburg Nevsky Prospekt Art Nouveau architecture in Saint Petersburg Food halls Art Nouveau retail buildings Commercial buildings completed in 1903 Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Saint Petersburg