Csepely-Knorr Luca: Barren Places to Public Spaces. A History of Publick Park Design in Budapest 1867-1914 (Budapest, 2016)
Appendix
241 Lajos Lechner (1833-1897) Director of Public Works for Budapest, Károly Kammermayer (1829-1897) first major of Budapest, Győző Czigler (1850-1905) architect, formerly employed at the Municipal Engineering Department. 242 Vadas 2005C, 166. 243 Pecz, Samu (1854-1922), Hungarian architect and academic. 244 For more details on the market halls see: Vadas 2005C, 169-171. 245 Anon 1897C 246 For more details on the finances and the planning permission processes see Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 8, no. 57,1897, p. 5. Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 8, no. 70,1897, p. 2. 247 Anon 1897D 248 Anon 1897E 249 Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 8, no. 57, 1897, p. 6. 250 Brunner 1910, 201-202. 251 Pesti Hírlap, vol. 10, no. 111, 1888, p. 5. 252 For more details on the finances of the squares see: Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 3, no. 81, 1892, p. 3.; Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 4, no. 71, 1893, p. 3.; Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 4, no. 75, 1893, p. 3.; Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 4, no. 86, 1893, p. 4. The decision was published by the Municipality’s Committee for Public Works. 253 Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 8, no. 92,1897, p. 6. 254 Anon 1899C 255 Berger, 1993, 227-234.; Auböck-Ruland 1994 256 Borostyáni 1875 257 Vadas 2005 258 Gábor 2010,13-16. 259 Pecz 1890,115. 260 Pesti Hírlap, vol. 12, no. 337,1890, p. 2. The termination of the Sugárút at Városliget Park also appeared as a possible site for the Andrássy statue. 261 Miklós Zrínyi ( 1620-1664) was a Croatian/Hungarian poet, statesman and military leader. His statue is by the sculptor József Róna (1861-1939) 262 Gábor Bethlen (1580-1629) was Prince of Transylvania (1613-1629), elected King of Hungary (1620-1621). His statue is by the sculptor György Vastaghjr. (1868-1946). 263 Statisztikai évkönyv 1901.4. 264 Anon 1909B 265 Budapesti Hírlap, vol. 3, no. 8,1913, p. 17. 266 Today it stands at Széchenyi Hill in Buda. See: http://ybl. archivportal.hu/temak/gloriett 267 Preisich 2004, 202. 268 Borostyáni 1875 269 Anon 1896B. Another two design competitions were announced to redesign the square in 1913 and 1936. 270 Anon 1894 271 Preisich 2004,188. 272 It was renamed the Mechwart Park when the statue of András Mechwart, the former president of the Ganz Electric Company, was erected here. Magyar 2008,121. 273 Erzsébet Magyar dated the park to 1904, but in the statistics of the journal A Kert the park was already mentioned in 1898. Mauthner 1898; Magyar 2008, 121. 274 Anon 1898C 275 Anon 1898D 276 Anon 1900B 277 Podmaniczky 1984,415. 278 Magyar 2008,96. 279 Magyar 2008, 92. 280 Vasárnapi Újság, vol. 5, 1858, p. 215. 281 Pecz 1890, 115. 282 Edvi Illés 1896, 258. 283 Siklóssy 1931,306. 284 Ilsemann 1892,292-293. 285 Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 3, no. 15, 1892, p. 2. 286 Siklóssy 1931,307. 287 Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 8, no. 87, 1897, p. 3.; Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 9, no. 35, 1900, 567. 288 Anon 1898F, Anon 1899D 714. In the yearly budget of the Board in 1900, the finances for the creation of the new square had already appeared, but the construction was delayed by closure because of a hazard in the square. Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 10, no. 1, 1899, p. 21.; Ibid. 84-85., 17.; Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 11, no. 35,1900, p. 567. 289 Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 12, no. 11, 1901, p. 175. 290 Vörösmarty, Mihály (1800-1855), Hungarian romantic poet. 291 Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 13, no. 73, 1902, p. 1239. 292 Palóczi 1909,233. 293 Anon 1895B; Anon 1913 294 On Rózsák Square: Anon 1904B, 97.; Kiácz 1967 295 FKT 1884,7. 296 1880, LVIII Act about “The building of a permanent Parliament” 297 HU BFLXV. 16.b 224/93 298 For more details about the competition and the competition entries see: Gábor 2000. 299 Steindls explanation to his 1884plan. Steindl 1885 300 The magnificent building (...) on the one hand needs to stay detached, without question, and on the other hand an environment has to be created that suits its splendour. Its vast main façade will look onto the palatial Danube, and from the other three facades it will be surrounded by spacious squares, and those plots composing the outer boundaries of this space, will gain such division that they need to be built ornamentally, palace-like, and with the creation of public buildings in view. The main entrance to the square will be from Alkotmány Street; the Parliament will be placed so that the eastern avant-corps will be in line with the axis of the Alkotmány Street." FKT 1884,7. 301 On the eastern side the Ministry of Agriculture Trade and Industry was built, from plans by Gyula Bukovics, 1885-1887; the Palace of Justice from plans by Alajos Hauszmann, 1893-1896. The buildings on the northern and southern sides were built in the 1920s and 1930s and did not have any public function. 302 Anon 1896D 303 Anon 1896C 304 Anon 1904A, 585.; Somorjay 2007 305 According to the minutes from 1906 the construction of the pavements was happening at this time. Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 17, no. 38, 1906, p. 732. 306 Loidl-Reisch 2007 307 Palóczi (Platzer sometimes Pálóczi) Antal (1840- 1927) architect, urban planner. For more information see biographies. 308 Palóczi 1900,313-314. 309 “We think that it would have been better to create a forumlike architectural square around the Parliament, not a park, that does not intensify monumentality but helps pleasure. (...) But because the square is large, it can be divided so that the entrance area, with the portal of Parliament, can create a large forum." Palóczi 1900,313. 310 For details of the finances for the construction see: Budapesti Hírlap, vol. 23, no. 58, 1903, p. 10.; Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 14, no. 83, 1903, p. 1354.; Ibid. 92., 1498. In 1904 press reported on the creation of a wrought-iron fence. Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 15, no. 28, 1904, p. 458. 311 For more information on financial issues see: Budapesti Hírlap, vol. 25,1905, p. 207.; Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 16, no. 59,1905, p. 1107. 3,2 Anon 1906B 313 Kossuth, Lajos (1802-1894), Hungarian journalist, statesman, Minister of Finance and later Governor- President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the 1848-1849 War of Independence. Following its defeat, he stayed in exile throughout his life. 314 The placing of the Kossuth statue had become an ongoing discussion in both of the professional journals, and the reports and minutes from the Board of Public Works, from the turn of the 20th century. Besides Parliament Square, Szabadság Square and Oktogon Square were considered as a possible site as well. For more about the disputes see: Budapesti Hírlap, vol. 23, no. 101, 1903, p. 10.; Ibid, no. 117. p. 7.J Fővárosi Közlöny, vol. 14, no. 37, 1903, p. 589. 315 Lechner 1905, 198-200. The call for submissions was phrased as follows: “The main emphasis should be on the artistic placement of the statue and on the artistic design of the landscaping of Parliament Square." The deadline for submissions was 16 May 1904. Művészet, vol. 3, no. 2, 1904, p. 143. 316 Lechner redesigned the square again, together with Béla Rerrich, in 1926, which was the basis of the current redesign as well. For details of the Lechner- Rerrich plan see: Ybl 1926. 317 For more details about the history of the square in the period between the two World Wars see: Csepely-Knorr 2007; Csepely-Knorr 2011,181-183. 318 The municipal council ordered the construction of pavements and the start of the planting process in June 1911. Pesti Hírlap, vol. 33, no. 135,1911, p. 5. 149
