Will The Old Town City Hall ever be Completed?
Prague stands before another architectonic contest. The original Old Town City Hall was severely damaged at the end of WWII, after it became a target of the German occupation army during the Prague Uprising in May 1945. It was set on fire and had to be taken down. Since then, plans for a new building were in motion.
Now the city has decided the case should be solved at last. The reasons are obvious. The City Hall at the Old Town Square is apparently a torso and the park that covers the space today doesn’t make much sense, it creates sort of a square- within- a square. A new, tenth competition is supposed to take place this year and it is likely it will be international.
Theme: Monuments
- Will The Old Town City Hall ever be Completed? [May 7 2008, 18:01 PM]
- Radecky's Statue to come back to Little Quarter? [April 18 2008, 11:48 AM]
- Charles Bridge damaged more than expected [March 17 2008, 09:31 AM]
- Digitalized model of Prague soon ready [February 19 2008, 09:04 AM]
- Spring Weather got Charles Bridge reconstruction back on track [February 8 2008, 15:31 PM]
- Tyn church, vista point of Old Prague, gets New Bell [December 10 2007, 17:50 PM]
- Statues came back on the Astronomical Clock [December 7 2007, 12:05 PM]
- A Vandal at Prague Astronomical Clock [December 6 2007, 14:15 PM]
- Freezing weather ended Charles Bridge repairs [November 30 2007, 17:53 PM]
- Archaeologists finished exploration of Charles Bridge [November 19 2007, 14:01 PM]
- Martinic Palace in Prague opens to the public [September 7 2007, 14:41 PM]
- The building of the Old Town Hall will be finished at last [August 20 2007, 14:06 PM]
- Charles Bridge is finally under reconstruction [August 20 2007, 09:06 AM]
- More tourists in Prague monuments this year [July 20 2007, 10:45 AM]
- Uknown Prague Castle [July 19 2007, 11:38 AM]
- Hewbrew inscription is back on Charles Bridge [July 4 2007, 09:47 AM]
- Schwarzenberg Palace will be open again for one day [June 28 2007, 09:59 AM]
- The number of Prague monuments is limited for people in wheelchair [June 25 2007, 14:48 PM]
- Prague Royal Route for blind people [June 19 2007, 11:36 AM]
- Czech modern history in the Vitkov monument [June 8 2007, 10:56 AM]
- Some Prague sights were 'out of order' this week [June 7 2007, 14:27 PM]
- New camera system will monitor the statue of St Wenceslas [May 30 2007, 14:20 PM]
- The reconstruction of Charles Bridge starts in summer [May 22 2007, 10:58 AM]
- Kramar's villa will be open to the public [May 21 2007, 19:13 PM]
- Big plans for Klementinum in Prague [April 26 2007, 15:51 PM]
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