Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Planned Changes
On the map from 1899 there is a symbol of a planned communication connecting
streets Husova and Masarykova nowadays. The street is displayed as an already
existing communication on the map from 1910.
Interesting Features
The symbols of former exhibition grounds are not equivalent on the maps from
1981 and the present map. The ground plan is more or less the same, but not the
location of the building. The map from 1981 names the building “Severoˇesk´
v´stavy” (North Bohemian Exhibition Grounds). The position of the building
between 1981 and today is not the same. We cannot therefore say for sure that
the buildings are identical.
Historical Analysis of the Locality
The locality at the crossroads of Masarykova and V ´ t ˇ zn ´ streets is without any
doubts one of the most architecturally interesting areas in Liberec. The exhibition
grounds is another very interesting place which deserves our full attention. Its
present look was given by development after the war, when a large part of the
area was constructed. During the period of its biggest boom the exhibition grounds
were popular all over then Czechoslovakia (Karpa ˇ 2004 ). However, from the
historical point of view, we have to distinguish two main exhibition areas. The
first and older one is the area opposite the museum, in the south-east part of the
locality. According to ˇ eh ´ˇ ek ( 2010 ), the first exhibition was held there in 1919.
This is where pavilion F of the Liberec exhibition grounds was built. Nowadays it is
used as a restaurant (Zeman 2011 ). The second main area of the exhibition grounds
is located between the industrial school and houses next to the building of Chamber
of Trade and Industry. It was built
in 1946 for the exhibition “Budujeme
osvobozen´ kraje” (Technik 2001 ).
The first building at the crossroads of Masarykova and V´tˇzn´ streets is the
Chamber of Trade and Industry, built between 1898 and 1900 in the style of
German neo-Renaissance. It was used for its original purpose until 1948, then it
was the seat of N´rodn´ krajsk´ v´bor (regional authorities) until 1960, when
children
s clinic and regional institute of health (Zeman 2011 ) moved in. The
renewed Czechoslovak Chamber of Trade and Industry moved back in 1991
(Technik 1992 ). Nowadays there are individual private companies and subjects.
Another significant building on Masarykova Street is the town baths, nowadays
used as the building of The Regional Art Gallery. It was built by A. B¨rger between
1901 and 1902 with the project of P. P. Brang. This neo-Renaissance building is
already clearly showing signs of coming Art Nouveau style. The building was
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