Inspection: Approval for the demolition of the house in the center of Prague is illegal

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Štěpán Pellar

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ČTK
03.12.2010 00:05

Prague - The agreement of the Prague magistrate with the demolition of the house at the corner of Wenceslas Square and Opletalova Street was issued in violation of the law, according to the Heritage Inspection of the Ministry of Culture. The inspectors stated this in response to a submission from the Club for Old Prague, which criticizes the demolition plans. The Prague branch of the National Heritage Institute also opposed the project. The inspection urged the Department of Heritage Care of the Ministry to review the magistrate's position.
    “The magistrate did not proceed entirely in accordance with the law,” said Jiří Varhaník, director of the ministry's heritage inspection, to ČTK. The municipality reportedly did not sufficiently justify why it rejected the objections of the Prague branch of NPÚ against the demolition of the house, which is supposed to make way for a new building. According to the head of the Prague NPÚ, Michal Zachář, the new building project cannot be separated from the future of the industrial space of the neighboring printing house at Opletalova 3.
   “Demolition is the last resort,” Zachář told ČTK. The magistrate must consider the NPÚ's position, but is not obliged to follow it.
    “Of course, we will provide all necessary documents and information, and we will of course not oppose the review of our decision,” Kněžínek told ČTK. He stated that the Department of Heritage Care had thoroughly documented its decision.
    The Club for Old Prague had the opportunity to see the new building project. “It would be a very prominent landmark that would overshadow the house and fill the plot of this house and the neighboring printing house,” said club manager Richard Biegel.
    However, according to Kněžínek, the new building would not overshadow the horizon of the surrounding buildings at all. “It took us two to three years to reach the conclusion that it was possible to demolish the object,” Kněžínek said, adding that the magistrate had commissioned various urban studies and surveys of the building and reportedly also asked for the opinions of significant architects.
   “The building is technically undamaged, it represents a very good address for users. It belongs to that place,” previously stated structural engineer Václav Jandáček to journalists.

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