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AZG Armenian Daily #038, 03/03/2005
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SPRING OPENED SO MANY CAFES IN ABOVIAN STREET
The house N32 in Abovian Street will also be reconstructed soon. The last
two families are living there, at present. Certainly, this house is no
historical monument and has no architectural value.
The house N32 that squeezed between "Star" and "Astafian" trendy complexes
makes a poor impression, emphasizing the tasteless and ugly surrounding. We,
the Yerevan citizens, are very concerned about the issue what they are going
to build there and whether the future building will suit the place.
They can't preserve Abovian Street that is believed to be the heart of the
capital, what can we expect from the city administration in the issues of
the center of the city of the capital. Three cafes are envisaged to open
just on the pavement, in Abovian Street in front of "Zephyr," the former
barber's shop. At present, their iron skeleton already makes an awful
impression and one can guess how the street will look after the construction
of the cafes. The dwellers of the building N26 told that one of the cafes
was deconstructed after their numerous complaints.
They informed at Urban Construction and Architecture Department at Yerevan
Municipality that these three cafes, as well as the ones that are on
construction near Avetik Isahakian's monument are not illegal and are being
built with the permission of the Municipality. As for the owners of the
first floor of building N26 in Abovian Street, they didn't satisfy and
entered the yard of the building, enlarging their territory and annihilating
the trees and flowers that grew there. "There used to be trees and flowers
there, people used to sit there and rest. After the first floor was
privatized, nothing was left from the yard. The noise from the cafes in the
street drives us crazy," dwellers said. At the same time, they complained of
their neighbors that signed for enlarging the first floor of building. The
second floor is going to be built on the enlarged first floor, then the
third one will be built... The group of Yerevan dwellers that deprived
themselves of the trees and flowers will have another enlarged balcony.
"We can do nothing with them? They have bought the whole city and do
whatever they want with it. They wrote about this building few months ago in
one of the newspapers. Who listens to them? Money makes the world go round,"
a young man said. He also added that the building used to have a wonderful
yard full of trees and flowers. At present, two trees are left by the
entrance of the arch In Sayat Nova Street. The owners haven't begun their
work yet.
Who does this city belong to? If it goes on like this, very soon some boards
will appear on the walls with the following inscription: "Caution. Do Not
Enter Abovian 26. You May Spoil the Appetite of Those Having Feast There."
By Ruzan Poghosian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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SPRING OPENED SO MANY CAFES IN ABOVIAN STREET
The house N32 in Abovian Street will also be reconstructed soon. The last
two families are living there, at present. Certainly, this house is no
historical monument and has no architectural value.
The house N32 that squeezed between "Star" and "Astafian" trendy complexes
makes a poor impression, emphasizing the tasteless and ugly surrounding. We,
the Yerevan citizens, are very concerned about the issue what they are going
to build there and whether the future building will suit the place.
They can't preserve Abovian Street that is believed to be the heart of the
capital, what can we expect from the city administration in the issues of
the center of the city of the capital. Three cafes are envisaged to open
just on the pavement, in Abovian Street in front of "Zephyr," the former
barber's shop. At present, their iron skeleton already makes an awful
impression and one can guess how the street will look after the construction
of the cafes. The dwellers of the building N26 told that one of the cafes
was deconstructed after their numerous complaints.
They informed at Urban Construction and Architecture Department at Yerevan
Municipality that these three cafes, as well as the ones that are on
construction near Avetik Isahakian's monument are not illegal and are being
built with the permission of the Municipality. As for the owners of the
first floor of building N26 in Abovian Street, they didn't satisfy and
entered the yard of the building, enlarging their territory and annihilating
the trees and flowers that grew there. "There used to be trees and flowers
there, people used to sit there and rest. After the first floor was
privatized, nothing was left from the yard. The noise from the cafes in the
street drives us crazy," dwellers said. At the same time, they complained of
their neighbors that signed for enlarging the first floor of building. The
second floor is going to be built on the enlarged first floor, then the
third one will be built... The group of Yerevan dwellers that deprived
themselves of the trees and flowers will have another enlarged balcony.
"We can do nothing with them? They have bought the whole city and do
whatever they want with it. They wrote about this building few months ago in
one of the newspapers. Who listens to them? Money makes the world go round,"
a young man said. He also added that the building used to have a wonderful
yard full of trees and flowers. At present, two trees are left by the
entrance of the arch In Sayat Nova Street. The owners haven't begun their
work yet.
Who does this city belong to? If it goes on like this, very soon some boards
will appear on the walls with the following inscription: "Caution. Do Not
Enter Abovian 26. You May Spoil the Appetite of Those Having Feast There."
By Ruzan Poghosian
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress