Zádor Anna: Neoclassical Pest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)

but later escaped from the sparsely populated neighbourhood". From this it is also obvious that this part of the town was the early centre of studios as it is the centre of galleries today.

The row of decorative multi storey buildings did not end at the mouth of what was then Úri utca (now Petőfi Sándor utca) but also spread into what is now Kossuth Lajos utca (formerly Hatvani utca). Most of the buildings erected in this period were swept away by the later development of the town and the siege of Budapest. However, one building significant both in size and design has survived to provide us with a flavour: Horváth House, on the corner of Szép utca (Kossuth L. u. 3.). The original two-storey building with eleven axles on its facade was built for József Szentgyörgyi Horváth by Mihály Pollack in 1816. This structure made noticeable by its location and the large size of its site has been modified many times, and traces of continuously changing demands have been preserved in the various versions of the designs. The part built by Pollack, and in which we are interested now, is a beautiful early example of the master’s exceptional ability to create space. It consists of an entrance hall, which is followed by a circular

The old Paris Arcade

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