Dec 19, 2011
Will Gudiashvilis square, Tbilisi’s most beautiful area, disappear?
by Inge SnipTbilisi’s most gorgeous square is about to be ‘renovated’, and as it turns out the government has some wild ideas on how this should be done.
This is what Gudiashvilis square looks like now:
And this is what they are planning to do with it:
I am flabbergasted, speechless, no words.
What is their aim? Trying to get rid of the things which actually attract tourists?
UPDATE: In reaction to society’s outcry via social networks, city hall issued a statement that they do want to keep the historical facade’s of Gudiashvili square and they distance themselves from the above taken picture. According to the statement, the tender won by Austria based architects Zechner&Zechner ought to be seen as a proposed idea, rather than the actual plan. The statement says: ‘the competition is only conceptual, not in an architectural sense.’
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