The Ministry rejected the proposal for a new building in Wenceslas Square

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ČTK
03.02.2011 15:30

Prague - The Ministry of Culture has revoked the decision of Prague heritage officials that allowed for new construction at the corner of Wenceslas Square and Opletalova Street. Due to the new building, the corner house and the remnants of former printing houses on Opletalova Street were to be demolished. City heritage officials are now reassessing the project. Jan Kněžínek, former director of the Department of Culture and Heritage Care of the Prague City Hall, told ČTK. The investor presumably still plans to proceed with the construction, as the proposal was posted today in the database of projects for assessing the impact of construction on the environment (EIA).
    "The Department of Heritage Care of the Ministry of Culture has made a decision in this matter, but the participant in the proceedings has not yet received the decision; until then we will not comment on the matter," said Eva Tichá from the Ministry's press office to ČTK.
    The demolition and subsequent new construction in the heritage reserve has long been opposed by the Club for Old Prague. The Prague branch of the National Heritage Institute (NPÚ) has also opposed it. According to the Ministry of Culture's heritage inspection, the approval by the Prague City Hall was issued in violation of the law. The city allegedly did not sufficiently justify why it rejected the objections of the Prague NPÚ against the demolition of the building that is supposed to make way for the new construction.
    According to the project, which was published in the database for assessing the impact of construction on the environment, the new building in the shape of the letter L is to have three underground and nine above-ground floors.
    The current corner house from 1922 and the remnants of the former printing house and editorial office of Národní listy from 1788, located on Opletalova Street, would be demolished for the construction. The back section of the Jalta Hotel is also to be modified.
    The new building is to have two underground floors reserved for parking, four floors for shops, and the rest for offices. There will be no apartments in the building, as the investor justifies this by the fact that tunnels of the metro cross through the area.
    The investor would like to begin demolition this November, with the demolition expected to last about 7.5 months according to the documents. Construction of the new building is to start in the spring of 2012 and is expected to last about two years.

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