Talk:Văcărești, Bucharest

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A few things

Very glad to see this article started. One I wanted to see, but don't know enough to write myself.

Some questions:

1. What exactly are the geographical limits of Văcăreşti? If I understand correctly, when we say "completely torn down by Ceauşescu" that isn't quite right: for example the State Jewish Theater remains, as do a few other buildings right near it, and I'm sure they count as part of Văcăreşti. I also remember a church about a block north of there that still survives, and seem to remember a couple of intact streets of houses, though these last might have been outside of Văcăreşti proper.
2. To what extent does Văcăreşti intersect the devastated area that became known as Hiroshima?
3. "Almost all the Jews emigrated to the newly-created state of Israel after World War II." That seems an oversimplification. As I understand it, the Jews left in a more or less steady stream over the course of decades. We shouldn't oversimplify that. And there was significant Jewish life in the quarter for at least a generation after the war. The State Jewish Theater was performing almost entirely in Yiddish without simultaneous translation into Romanian into the 1970s: that speaks volumes.

Jmabel | Talk 05:21, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

1. AFAIK, Văcăreşti runs along the Dâmboviţa, on both sides. The Calea Văcăreşti proper, is located near Tineretului Park, on the right/southern bank, where everything was demolished, for the building of the "lake" and appartment blocks. On the left/northern bank, also buildings were demolished for the building of Bd. Unirii, but I'm not sure how far it extended.
2. I'm not sure about which area you are talking.
   • Basically, eastern of the part of the Centru Civic that was built, what was torn down and where a few buildings were started and nothing really finished. - Jmabel | Talk 03:15, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

   Well, Văcăreşti is certainly in the south-west of the Centru Civic. I still don't know about which are you're talking. bogdan 09:35, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

   You could mean this area ? 09:37, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

   • Looks about right; also looks like things have changed a bit since I was last in Bucharest in 2002 (rubble cleared away). I was trying to work out in that picture where exactly is the State Jewish Theatre & I couldn't work it out (even whether it was quite within the picture). - Jmabel | Talk 08:01, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

     there's still much rubble there :-), but there are plans to build a large $800 million complex with shopping centers, offices, hotels, etc. bogdan 12:33, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

1. Well... Of course they did not emigrated all at once... :-)

bogdan 09:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)