Letter from Prague How the Commies tried to destroy my neighbourhood

07-02-2010 02:01 | Ian Willoughby

The Commies tried to destroy my neighbourhood. I must admit I myself wasn’t actually living there at the time, but if the Communists had had their way, much of Žižkov would today be covered in grey paneláky, prefabricated blocks of flats that blight the outskirts of many Czech cities and towns.

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