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THEY DON'T ALLOW FILMING THE COVERED MARKETPLACE; THEY SAY WE WILL BE CAUGHT (VIDEO)
A group of youths held a protest against illegal construction in the
Covered Marketplace outside the market today. Architect Pavil
Jangirov who joined them described what had happened to the market as
"architectural crime." "Destructing such a monument is a crime.
They say that the monument is not being destructed, but the monument
comprises not just the facade, but the whole of it.... Now the
backside of the building is destructed; supposedly seven to eight
stories will be built in the backside. The construction should be
stopped and a professional plan should be developed, discussed, and
it should be decided what one should do with that building; it is
obvious that we have lost the monument." Before the architect would
finish, women considering themselves former vendors of the Covered
Marketplace joined those gathered and asked those gathered where they
had been so far. "What monument have they ruined? They are building
one. Ugh, let them build. You have just been born; we know what is
what here. They are renovating. It wasn't good when stones would
fall on children's heads, now was it? They are renovating, it will
be a market, and we will come to work. There is no supermarket on the
territory; what harm will it do to have one?" She assured that the
market will operate after the renovation. "I heard say, I know that
when the market was being demolished we knew that there would be a
market. If we hadn't known, we wouldn't have left. I have worked in
the market for as long as 20 years." Another woman who used to sell
greens in the backside of the market replaced her and also expressed
surprise at their protesting, complained that in the past when the
market had operated, and she would sell there, it had been full of
rats. She called for ceasing the protests, because the renovated
market would start to operate soon. While the video camera of
www.aravot.am was shooting the backside of the market, some men
passed by and grumbled. One of them said that we shouldn't shoot,
because we would be caught. In response to a question who he was,
whether he was the honcho, he said yes, but when he saw the camera he
said no and left, laughing. Details in the video Arpine SIMONYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/05/16/154325/
© 1998 - 2013 Aravot - News from Armenia
A group of youths held a protest against illegal construction in the
Covered Marketplace outside the market today. Architect Pavil
Jangirov who joined them described what had happened to the market as
"architectural crime." "Destructing such a monument is a crime.
They say that the monument is not being destructed, but the monument
comprises not just the facade, but the whole of it.... Now the
backside of the building is destructed; supposedly seven to eight
stories will be built in the backside. The construction should be
stopped and a professional plan should be developed, discussed, and
it should be decided what one should do with that building; it is
obvious that we have lost the monument." Before the architect would
finish, women considering themselves former vendors of the Covered
Marketplace joined those gathered and asked those gathered where they
had been so far. "What monument have they ruined? They are building
one. Ugh, let them build. You have just been born; we know what is
what here. They are renovating. It wasn't good when stones would
fall on children's heads, now was it? They are renovating, it will
be a market, and we will come to work. There is no supermarket on the
territory; what harm will it do to have one?" She assured that the
market will operate after the renovation. "I heard say, I know that
when the market was being demolished we knew that there would be a
market. If we hadn't known, we wouldn't have left. I have worked in
the market for as long as 20 years." Another woman who used to sell
greens in the backside of the market replaced her and also expressed
surprise at their protesting, complained that in the past when the
market had operated, and she would sell there, it had been full of
rats. She called for ceasing the protests, because the renovated
market would start to operate soon. While the video camera of
www.aravot.am was shooting the backside of the market, some men
passed by and grumbled. One of them said that we shouldn't shoot,
because we would be caught. In response to a question who he was,
whether he was the honcho, he said yes, but when he saw the camera he
said no and left, laughing. Details in the video Arpine SIMONYAN
Read more at: http://en.aravot.am/2013/05/16/154325/
© 1998 - 2013 Aravot - News from Armenia