1987. szeptember 9. - Budapest Főváros Tanácsa Végrehajtó Bizottsága üléseinek jegyzőkönyvei (HU BFL XXIII.102.a.1)

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The area pút forward fór revitalization with our developmnet plán in compliance with it. up - will propose one- or two-storeyed, loose

its countrylike, suburban pást, used to belong The realization of our proposals will make it replanning of buildings. The development of

to Buda under the name of district Újlak till necessary to discover the characteristics of the the block bordered by Bécsi str. and Lajos str.

the year 1872. tradition in details. is well assimilated to the multi-storeyed buildThe town of Buda was divided by Nagyszombat The small quater consists of three different up of plots existing here. The new developstreet called in those times Határ (bordér) Street. kinds of areas: the markét world of the Kolosy ment will practically accomplish the reconÚjlak, the outer district of Buda reached down square, still vivid even today; the one-storeyed struction process of Lajos str. with multito the Császár bath. In the Middle Ages the residential buildings of Bécsi str. and Bokor storeyed build-up, begun in the 20-ies.

piacé was called Szentjakabfalva, with its parish- str.; and the suburban, romantic, scenic area In compliance with the build up project of3rd

church and centre at Klosy square. of Kecske str. - Seregély str. The houses are district we wish to build up the empty plots of

In the times of the Turkish rule a huge mar- almost uniformly one-storeyed, developed in Bécsi str. only, with a building structure,

ket-place was situated on a territory bordered unbroken row, the plots of land are built up proportionate to the original altitude and

by Lajos str. (Altofner str.), Bécsi str. (Wiener in accordance with the natúré of the parcels. area. In order to close the Western area down,

str.), Kolosy square and Nagyszombat str. The largest are the plots of the odd-numbered we propose to build up houses with stúdiós in

The upper market-place was here after the side of Bécsi str., these are very deep sites, with Kecske str. by means of expropriation of a

reoccupation (1702) as well. residential buildings on a few of them, bút part of old fruit-gardens, preserving this way

The nowadays name of the area, Újlak (Neus- mostly occupied by fruit-gardens. the green-area-character of this section. Acctift) first appears by the end of the XVII. Most of the houses keep a memory even from ording to the development project, we propose

century, referring to the considerable number the XVIII. century, bút only a couple of them to establish an artists’ colony on this area with

in immigration. The new inhabitants are pre- have details of reál art memóriái value, - they single stúdió apartments on separate plots of

vailingly Germans and a lesser part of them are: Bécsi str. 40, 42, 44, 53, 56, 58, 86, Kolosy land, based on specific plans. An artists’ colare Serbians. The re-settled area was falling square 3, 5. ony established here (writers, sculptors, paininto decay in the battles and due to fortifica- The prime factor of the build-up project of the ters, architects, artists and performers) would

tion works during the Rákóczi liberation war. area between Bécsi str. and Lajos str. is its considerably raise the cultural importance of

In the first half of the XIX. century Újlak emotional value. Here we have the last chance the area.

shows stagnation both in the number of its of maintaining a country-style - suburban - By the road-system pattern of Bécsi str. - Bohouses and its population. Óbuda by means of architecture on a large kor str. and Csemete str. resembling a “bowThe overwhelming majority of the population scale. Maintenance and preservation of emo- tie” we will preserve the structure of the area

are vinegrowers in main occupation, the rest tional values may give an important function that has been changing and forming fór cenof the people make a living on industry, added to this little section of the city, thinking in turies and takes a sound shape even today. By

to grape. According to statistics, the nationa- terms of the whole Buda-riverside. A new unit means of renewing, maintaining and on

lity structure does nőt change considerably, of catering trade and tourism can be formed necessary reconstructing most of the old buildthe only new symptom between 1780 and midway between the Castle and Szentendre. ings on these streets, we have planned to form

1840 is the growing number of Jews. In the The principal axis of the area to be revitalized a cultural and tourism (trade and catering)

XIX. century a process of industrialization is the Bécsi str., its centre are the Kolosy sq. assembly, that will contribute to an economican be witnessed nőt only in Pest, bút in Óbu- the Újlaki church. The little winding streets, cal revitalization of this old area of Óbuda as well. The first steam-mill of the area is discovering the inner parts of the area con- da-Újlak. The revitalization of Óbuda-Újbuilt in Újlak. Later on a row of steam-mills, verge on this very ridge. We do nőt plán to lak’s 3rd district region can be in fact divided

textilé factories, dyeworks is situated here. open any new road on the area, the extended intő 4 parts, which at the same time make a

Jobs make the population multiply and tradi- to South Seregély str. on the western side of uniform structure in its function and build-up.

tionally, workers are coming to this area from the area the only purpose to give a proper Along Lajos str. - where the construction is

the north-eastern part of the country. This is bordér to, the area. fairly economical thanks to the existing road

when plots are formed in a framed build-up, The town-structure unit in question is practi- and municipal supply systems - building up

or even with double-court, and the residence cally built up on a one-storeyed hasis, espe- will serve a mass housing project.

density is rising. cially in the 3rd district part, more precisely The conversion of Kolosy sq. intő a commerThe house-owners’ stratus most typically gets in the territories north of Kolosy sq. Treating cial, markét center will in the first piacé meet

’stuck in the műd’ of the unaltered way of life the cultural-tourism centre to be revitalized as the demands of the population. The row of

of primary producers and craftsmen. We can uniform, we have worked out a project of shops and Services along both sides of Lajos

follow the life of innkeepers, restaurant- town structure involving the 2nd district part str. are to be pút here as well.

owners, from 1885 till 1948, the picture shows of the area as well. The old building of Bécsi str., Bokor str. and

the formation of the “Óbuda” style and the The revitalization of the 2nd district part of Csemete str. will give life to a cultural (Buda

romantic atmosphere of the area démon- Óbuda-Újlak is in the first piacé based on New Film-Museum, Community Centre, local

stratively. There is no room in this short sur- non-series, quality homebuilding, with a history collection) and tourism (trade, Services,

vey to characterize the specifically beautiful severe control and preservation of the existing catering and accommodation buildings) centre,

world of the Óbuda and Újlak taverns, bút town-structure. Fór the blocks bordered by The artists’ colony, connected to Óbuda-Újfrom the aspect of the future - and revitaliza- Szépvölgyi str. - Ürömi str. - Felhévízi str. lak alsó functionally, will be founded on the

tion - of this quarter we give special impor- and by Felhévízi str. - Ürömi str. - Bécsi str. western slopes of the area with its new stúdió

_____ tance and will pay attention to this feature in the project - with a view on the existing build- apartments, built up separately.