Zádor Anna: Neoclassical Pest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)
Garden is rectangular in shape and was built around 1802-1803; its graceful forms, delicate ornaments and the four columns dividing the three-axled centre and supporting the balcony are features which relate this building to the neoclassicism of Milan. Even in the absence of information concerning the building, it is likely to be an early construction by Mihály Pollack. In spite of the later modifications, it has retained its original graceful charm. It must have completely satisfied the taste of the period because it is often mentioned in the earliest guides and several graphic depictions of it have been handed down to us. Among the routes leading out of the city centre, Király utca, starting at the one-time Országút and running as far as Városliget, was the most important. One of the most interesting buildings in this street is the house which belonged to a pharmacist called Gömöry, and was built as a one-storey structure by Mihály Pollack in 1812 (Király u. 12). The second storey is the result of a later expansion. The decorations and the furniture, which have disappeared by now, on the ground floor of the so-called Török Pharmacy, were also designed by the architect. The furniture was made by Márton Rossnagel, and the plastic ornaments were prepared by Lőrinc Dunaiszky. At 38 Király utca stands the Simonyi House built by József Hofrichter in 1818; it is made especially attractive by its large courtyard and the beautiful wrought-iron bars of the circular galleries facing it. József Hild also built several houses in this street, but these more or less simple buildings were constructed mainly after 1840. Király utca ended with the erection of a Lövölde (Shooting Gallery), after which the present Lövölde tér is named. It was constructed by Lőrinc Zofahl in 1823 according to plans by the little known András Zambelli, and soon it became a favoured place of entertainment for the bourgeoisie-chiefly for the men, of course. The pride felt by the city-dwellers at their new Shooting Gallery was indicated by a plaque of the building made by the distinguished master goldsmith of Pest, József Szentpéteri, around 1824. Of course, it is beyond our scope here to mention every building of the period still in existence, but it is apparent from what we have seen so far that these few 52
