Gábor Eszter: Andrássy Avenue – Our Budapest (Budapest, 2002)
■ The beginning of Andráuy út at the turn of the century was divided by two footpaths into three lanes, the middle one to be used by coaches and the side-lanes by horse-riders. Close files of three and four storey buildings were allowed here. Along the third section between the Circle and the City Park, the distance between the buildings on either side was increased to as much as 61 metres, even though the breadth of the street itself remained the same. The lay-out plans prescribed nine-metre broad front gardens for this stretch along the street, which retained the original pattern of two footpaths and three coach-lanes. The third section was divided into two subsections: in the first one, stretching from the Circle to Drover Street (today's Bajza utca), buildings were to stand in close file, while only detached buildings were allowed in the remaining two units, each of which comprised three blocks. The system was designed to provide, successfully as it in fact did, for a gradual transition from the closer architectural pattern of the areas nearest the Inner City to a looser lay-out towards the City Park with the gardens in front of and between the houses blending into the groves of the Park. Unfortunately, this fine-tuned system has become less readily noticeable by now. From the turn of the century onwards, more and more new buildings were added to the row of villas. The large plots of the initial phase were divided to give room for two, sometimes three, houses or even multi-storey blocks of flats 7
