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PROJECT OF HAMAZGAYIN THEATER IN MASHTOTS PARK MAY BECOME A REALITY
arminfo
Tuesday, July 31, 14:21
Mashtots Park has found itself in the focus of green activists'
attention again. This time the building of Hamazgayin Theater
(Nationwide Theater) instead of trade pavilions may be built in
Mashtots Park. To recall, Hamazgayin Theater headed by Sos Sargsyan
has been in the building of the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre
and Cinematography for many years.
According to the project, the building of Hamazgayin Theater is to
be located in the final part of Mashtots Park, not far from the Head
Post Office. Not long ago, in 2010, Tashir Group was going to build
a supermarket and an underground parking area in this territory,
but this caused the local residents' discontent.
In the meantime, the initiative "We Are the Owners of This City"
is quite pessimistic about this project. The Facebook page of the
initiative demonstrates serious debates on the topic "Mashtots Park
and Hamazgayin Theater". The green activists' discontent is connected
first of all with the fact that the theater may swallow the public
access area. They point out the example of Nansen Park, in the center
of which the namesake museum is being built. Moreover, the Urban
Development Council of the Municipality of Yerevan has lately discussed
the project of construction of a spiritual center near the museum.
"Our city needs first of all green zones, especially, in the center",
says user Edgar Adilkhanian. "As for me, I think it is not a place for
a theater, and the theater mustn't be in the public park", activist
Vahram Soghomonyan says.
To note, the public hearings on the project of Hamazgayin Theater
took place on July 28, and now the participants are waiting for the
decision of the Yerevan Municipality.
arminfo
Tuesday, July 31, 14:21
Mashtots Park has found itself in the focus of green activists'
attention again. This time the building of Hamazgayin Theater
(Nationwide Theater) instead of trade pavilions may be built in
Mashtots Park. To recall, Hamazgayin Theater headed by Sos Sargsyan
has been in the building of the Yerevan State Institute of Theatre
and Cinematography for many years.
According to the project, the building of Hamazgayin Theater is to
be located in the final part of Mashtots Park, not far from the Head
Post Office. Not long ago, in 2010, Tashir Group was going to build
a supermarket and an underground parking area in this territory,
but this caused the local residents' discontent.
In the meantime, the initiative "We Are the Owners of This City"
is quite pessimistic about this project. The Facebook page of the
initiative demonstrates serious debates on the topic "Mashtots Park
and Hamazgayin Theater". The green activists' discontent is connected
first of all with the fact that the theater may swallow the public
access area. They point out the example of Nansen Park, in the center
of which the namesake museum is being built. Moreover, the Urban
Development Council of the Municipality of Yerevan has lately discussed
the project of construction of a spiritual center near the museum.
"Our city needs first of all green zones, especially, in the center",
says user Edgar Adilkhanian. "As for me, I think it is not a place for
a theater, and the theater mustn't be in the public park", activist
Vahram Soghomonyan says.
To note, the public hearings on the project of Hamazgayin Theater
took place on July 28, and now the participants are waiting for the
decision of the Yerevan Municipality.