The Zlín Town Hall has completed the stabilization of the building in Míru Square

source: www.zlin.eu

Zlín - The Zlín town hall has completed the stabilization of building number 10 in Míru Square. The building is adjacent to the town hall; the city had to close it in the spring due to its poor technical condition and relocate departments of the magistrate as well as the previously popular refreshment stand Minutka. Over the weekend, the fencing has already disappeared, and the barrier-free entrance intended primarily for mothers with strollers and disabled citizens is passable again, said town hall spokesman Zdeněk Dvořák to ČTK today.

"Saving the building, which is a listed monument, will be very complicated. The city of Zlín is consulting the process with heritage preservationists," the spokesman stated. It is, however, unrealistic that work would start in the near future.

The house, dating back to the 19th century, has a compromised structure. "The ground floor is made of unburned bricks, while the upper floors are made of baked bricks. We monitored the building for a long time. As soon as cracks began to appear in the walls, we ceased operations there in the shortest possible time," stated the secretary of the magistrate, Helena Eidová.

The city then secured the building for about one and a half million, for example by reinforcing the floors. On the exterior plaster and in some rooms, there are plaster targets intended to alert to any potential movement of the walls.

Due to the poor structural conditions, the city also closed the Velké Kino in the spring, which with 1,010 seats is the largest cinema hall with year-round operation in the Czech Republic. The town hall decided to repair the building from the inside. The city is preparing a reserve for the restoration of these two properties, having so far allocated 60 million crowns from its budget.