A year ago, the prominent Hotel Praha disappeared from Prague's Dejvice

Prague - A year ago, a significant landmark from the pre-November era, Hotel Praha, disappeared from the skyline of Prague's Dejvice. The owner, the PPF group of the richest Czech, Petr Kellner, plans to build a private educational institution here. Details have been refused to be disclosed. "I can only say that we are working on the preparation of the project," said spokesperson Jitka Tkadlecová in response to a ČTK inquiry.
    PPF acquired the area of Hotel Praha two years ago. The construction office of Prague 6 allowed the demolition of the hotel, which began in January of last year. The hotel disappeared within a few months. A park will be created in its place, which existed in the area until the 1970s, but it will not be open to the public. The planned building of the private prestigious school Open Gate will be connected to the nearby Hadovka area.
    Details of the project are not known. Last year, at a public meeting of the Prague 6 council, which decided on the sale of part of the remaining land, only representatives of PPF stated that the school should start functioning in 2017.
    Hotel Praha was built at the end of the 1970s. Until November 1989, it served the needs of the communist party and the Czechoslovak government. Many therefore perceived it as a symbol of the pre-November era.
    Opinions of both the general and professional public on the demolition of the hotel varied. Some architects disagreed with the demolition and labeled the hotel as a unique building. Others argued that it was an average architecture. PPF claimed that the building was oversized and uneconomical.