• 19/08/2022
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It used to be enough misery.Gray streets, eternally damaged benches at stops and parks, sidewalks and playgrounds dotted with cigarette butt and broken bottles from beer.

Similar scenes in my childhood and adolescence were nothing special, whether in the center or in the suburbs.Today I have to smile at similar memories whenever I go through the streets of Prague's neighborhoods.The flower bed and a nice bench, a fountain, a fountain or a statue, a new alleys, in more and more places with chairs tables.

The metropolis has changed fundamentally, most over the last decade, and their public spaces have learned much more to pamper.The political representation also understood that investment in the cultivation of an environment where diverse people will meet.

Of course, this is not true and there are still places in which street odors mix as well as years ago and have not changed much (some areas in housing estates).Fortunately.It happens here and there that you sigh in painfully when you come across a dilapidated building or area that you have in your memory stored as a functional space you liked to go.

I stab at my heart whenever I pass the former Eden House of Culture.Someone may argue that brutalist architecture does not have in common with the beauty of the pranic.And although in other cases I would agree, the former Vršovice headquarters of the cultural education I will defend.

The mood will improve only a few blocks further, Čechovo and Vršovice Square and the link between them in the form of Moscow changed the revitalization in 2015 from the unpleasant street to the right city boulevard, which includes rest zones.In addition to maintained greenery, it boasts tasteful and comfortable furniture, although it has already left tracks other than just time.

No wonder once the sun shines, the benches are filled with people who drink coffee on them, eat snack and chatter.Jiří of Poděbrady Square, which is right behind the hill, was also alive, was mainly helped by farmers' markets and other events that take place here, especially in the evening and on weekends there is a place full of people.

Yet its great revitalization of the square has been waiting for over twenty years.So far they are the first swallow of the local folding stalls.The architecturally interesting solution of the construction allows you to pack everything you need including the counter, rod or pelmep.Only a box remains to turn into a seat for a random passersby.Smart furniture is also used by stalls on Tyl Square.

Prague chairs

People's desire to sit outside, not necessarily in the garden of a café or restaurant, is still growing.The Institute of Planning and Development of the City has therefore started a program in which it places tables and chairs in public premises, which supervises local civic initiatives, private and public entities.

Unlike benches, they can move them and have better use in space.You can relax in the botanical garden in Albertov, in the gamekeeper's lodge on Cibulka, Mariánské Square, at the Solidarity Theater.My hot tip is sitting at the Chapel on the Nusle Stairs, in which you will enjoy the view of the train track.

Another place that has recently undergone substantial changes has been equipped with a rest set.The marketplace in Holešovice used to be a renowned center of cheap purchases, often in the form of counterfeits of world brands.In the labyrinth of stalls and makeshift shelters you managed to find interesting catches, more often you hit various bizarre objects.

After clearing the outdoor areas, a few Asian shops remained in stone buildings, but the former slaughterhouse is gradually occupied by domestic traders and local goods and fashion.It is not just a shop with electronics and a renowned club with a restaurant that people pull here.

An outdoor pub was added, where live, foodtruck zone, grocery stores, gallery, multifunctional cultural space, regular marketing with design fashion and accessories, shows are held here.The area continues to surprise its potential.

The giant potential has also manifested a few tram stops on.The exhibition center, more precisely its lower part called the Brussels path, probably underwent one of the most visible changes within the public space.

There was a place for grilling, outdoor gym, parkour playground, skatepark, playground and elegant gastropavilion, added green areas, benches and toilets.Renovation will also see Křižík's pavilions, Spiral Theater and burnt -out wing of the Industrial Palace.Gradually, like a marketplace, it becomes a place to return.

Industrial style

You can head for food, drink and fun elsewhere to Holešovice unless you are weaker in nature and you like industrial objects.Not far from the metro station, the original club has gradually expanded, which is gradually expanding.Its characteristic feature is metal structures, composed of various at first glance disparate components, impressive is several -storey interior as well as the beer garden and space that serves for live concerts, food festivals and as a summer cinema.No wonder it is constantly alive and is an attraction for foreigners who are heading to the metropolis.

Favorite among hikers is also a walk through the Naplavka, especially on the right bank.Provisory stalls with beer and food, replaced restaurant ships and newly built dungeons, in which in addition to the thirst, the desire for art can be extinguished.With gratitude everyone welcomed toilets whose absence used to be a burning problem that was taken away by the adjacent pubs and parks.

The dungeons located both in Rašínov and the opposite upper waterfront are completely atypically solved, each has its own size and shape, each serving something different.One as a wine bar, the other as a workshop where you can repair broken things, in another you can organize a neighborhood meeting.You can then check their location on the web via the map or rent some.

The art of space

Reconstruction of places in the center is a tricky nut not only because of the monument protection of buildings and places.Petitions and old storms are written against new buildings in the historic center.

That the gap development may not always be a disaster, shows up more and more often.Do you remember the parking lot on the corner of Mikuland and Národní, dominated by graffiti on the wall of one of the houses?Today you will find a modern and green building called DRN.

Sensitive connection with historical buildings has been extremely successful, as well as balancing height levels.There is a garden on the roof, the gallery of individual floors are covered with plants and the yard is freely accessible to the public.

Even the Quadrio shopping center, the adjacent offices and its surroundings, people quickly got used to the initial reservations.Especially the area closer to Jungmannova Street was given the much needed ŠMRNC.No more horny and drawn sitting, unsightly concrete pots, but unusual rotating statue.The twelve -meter work of David Černý consists of 42 moving floors that create the face of the writer Franz Kafka.

Art works are visible in Prague's public space quite often, they are an ideal component that completes and raises space.Some may be too expressive but most of them are placed with a sense.

Yes, even with a sense of contrast.A shining example is the international sculptural festival Sculpture Line, which supports the symbiosis of fine arts and public space.Within the open sky, various artistic objects are installed and directly confronted with the people who pass around.

It happens that they like it so much that they stay in space standing.This is the case of six meters high Lysoclávky dominating the space in front of the boutique hotel Mosaic House near Charles Square.The giant statues that shine in the dark are the work of the sculptor Michal Trpák.

The work called Searching for Happiness refers to the feelings that the eating of the Lysoclávky can bring, and at the same time to what can happen under the artifact.Maybe someone meets their happiness under the hat of one of them.

The whole area resembles a forest clearing, the landing of the statues is covered with imitation of a green lawn and can be sitting on it, as well as on the benches around, there is also a fountain.Also the author's other statue of a man with an umbrella hanging nearby remained.And passers -by continues to amaze.Like other objects that appear in the streets and in the areas.