Current Affairs Plans to revive Národní Třida metro approved, provoking commuters’ outcry

10-11-2008 15:57 | Rosie Johnston

Planning permission has been granted for a massive new office and commercial development at Prague’s Národní Třida metro station, which promises to change the face of this busy central intersection. The architects behind the plan promise to revitalize a location which has in recent years become associated with pickpockets and the homeless – but their plans have far from won universal approval. It looks likely that thousands of angry commuters whose journeys would be disrupted by the project will appeal against the construction.

Vincent Marani and Jakub Cigler, photo: www.ciglermarani.cz Vincent Marani and Jakub Cigler, photo: www.ciglermarani.cz   Back

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