The upper part of Ferghana is behind Navoi Street and the khokimiyat, that is, the former fortress esplanade. Somewhere along the way is a pre-revolutionary grenzavod (that is, a silkworm caterpillar farm), now occupied by a bank. The fortress was demolished back in 1927-30, having built an oil and fat factory in its place, which probably pretty much spoiled the atmosphere for the inhabitants of the regional committee offices. Uzbek officials turned out to be less patient than the Soviet ones, and in 2014 a park with a huge white Palace of Arts was laid out on the site of the industrial zone