The building of the Odessa City Council (City Duma), the previous place of Stock Exchange, is one of the most beautiful buildings in Odessa. City Council is situated on the Primorsky Boulevard. In front of it there is a small square with a monument to Pushkin and bronze cannon.

Odessa City Hall building (Stock Exchange in the past) is one of the most beautiful buildings in Odessa, Ukraine. Odessa City Hall is located on the crossing of Primorskiy Boulevard, Chaikovskogo Lane and Pushkinskaya Street. In front of Odessa City Hall building is a small square, called “Dumaskaya” with a monument to Pushkin, Russian National poet; and bronze cannon, extracted from French frigate “Tiger”, sunk by Russian troops on the Black Sea.

The building of Odessa City Hall was designed by the architect was Franz Boffo. The building of Odessa City Hall building looks like the Alexander Palace in Royal Village and was built in classical style. At the top of the building of city council there is bell-clock, which strikes hour with a melody about Odessa city. On either side of the building there are the statues of ancient mythology, which symbolize day and night

Odessa City Hall is the city hall in Odessa, Ukraine. It occupies the Neoclassical building on Seaside Boulevard, built to a design by Francesco Boffo and Gregorio Toricelli in 1828-34. In front of the hall is a monument of Alexander Pushkin who spent 13 months in Odessa. Every half-hour, the clock above the entrance chimes the melody "Odessa my town" (the same tune greeting incoming trains at the Odessa Train Station). This is from the operetta "White Acacia" by the Soviet composer Isaac Dunayevsky. In the building of modern Odessa City Hall was Stock exchnage in the past. Odessa City Hall is located on the cross of Primorskiy Boulevard, Chaikovskogo Lane and Pushkinskaya Street. In front of Odessa City Hall building is a small square, called “Dumaskaya” with a monument to Pushkin, canon extracted from French Fregate "Tiger" sank in battle with Russian troups during the Crimean War.

In 1828 there was approved the plan of construction of buildings for the stock assembly. The architect was Franz Boffo, who created the building design in the form of an elongated Russian letter "П". The end of construction was delayed until 1837 due to frequent change of contractors. In 1899, the Stock Exchange moved to another building, and this place was taken by City Council.

From the outside the building looks a bit like the Alexander Palace in Tsarskoe Selo (Royal Village) and was built in classical style. To the hall of assembly there were perpendicularly adjoined two buildings; their butts on the part of the boulevard were joined with a double colonnade of Corinthian order. Behind the colonnade there was a patio, which turned into the lobby, which is currently the place of awaiting a meeting with deputies. At the top of the building of city council there is clock, which strikes hour with a certain melody. On either side of it there are the statues of ancient mythology, which symbolize day and night.

Several years ago the building of city council was in disrepair. Its reconstruction and repair has lasted for more than 6 months, but now the building is in operation again and is one of the main attractions of Odessa.