Talk:Văcărești, Bucharest

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.
 * 3) * 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)

bogdan 09:50, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) Well... Of course they did not emigrated all at once... :-)