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  • Preţul chiriilor în Bucureşti

    Preţul chiriilor în Bucureşti


    Cele mai scumpe chirii în Bucureşti sunt în zonele Pipera, Aviaţiei şi Floreasca (din partea de nord, în dezvoltare accelerată), arată Barometrul întocmit de către o platformă imobiliară. Pe segmentul de garsoniere, chiriile cele mai mari se consemnează în Pipera, unde preţul mediu lunar ajunge la 425 euro, urmată de cartierele Aviaţiei (401 euro) şi Floreasca (389 de euro). La polul opus, cele mai accesibile chirii pentru o garsonieră sunt în sudul şi în vestul Bucureştiului, unde ajung la 277-292 de euro pe lună. Pentru apartamente cu două camere se plătesc chirii mai mari în zona de nord a Capitalei, în cartierele Primăverii şi Herăstrău, de 661 de euro, respectiv 650 de euro. În schimb, chirii mai mici sunt în sudul oraşului, între 348 şi 368 de euro pe lună.



    Datele analizează mai multe segmente, precum anul construcţiei, confort, compartimentare şi dotări interioare (mobilat sau nemobilat). Astfel, o garsonieră se închiriază în Bucureşti, în medie, cu 328 de euro pe lună, dar tariful mediu scade până la 255 de euro pentru confort II, în timp ce o garsonieră nouă, construită după 2010, cu dotări de lux, are o chirie medie de 357 de euro de lună. Pentru un apartament de două camere, un chiriaş din Bucureşti plăteşte în fiecare lună, în medie, 447 de euro, dar dacă este confort II chiria scade la 359 de euro.



    Pe de altă parte, stocul locuinţelor în ansamblurile destinate exclusiv închirierii din Bucureşti este în prezent de aproape 1.000 de unităţi, iar alte peste 3.000 de unităţi sunt în diferite stadii de dezvoltare, conform raportului realizat de o firmă de consultanţă imobiliară. Potrivit specialiştilor, în următorii 2-3 ani, segmentul proiectelor rezidenţiale destinate exclusiv închirierii are potenţial să ajungă la 5.000 de locuinţe. Până acum 2 ani, piaţa rezidenţială era mai degrabă favorabilă cumpărătorilor, deoarece atât timp cât reuşeau să strângă banii de avans, rata la credit era sensibil mai mică decât chiria pentru o proprietate similară. Această situaţie s-a inversat în Bucureşti şi în oraşele mari, mai ales în zonele centrale, unde pentru apartamentele noi chiria este chiar şi cu 30% mai mică decât rata.



    Şi, deşi în ultimul an chiriile au crescut în medie cu 10% în Bucureşti, închirierea unei locuinţei rămâne o variantă mai avantajoasă decât achiziţia. Pentru comparaţie, în Varşovia şi Praga, de exemplu, chiriile au înregistrat creşteri între 25 şi 40%. În toate capitalele regionale importante chiria este acum mai avantajoasă decât rată la creditele bancare, cu excepţia Sofiei.



    Preţul mediu de vânzare pentru locuinţele noi în Bucureşti a fost în 2022 circa 1.800 de euro pe metrul pătrat, în Varşovia 2.800 de euro, în Budapesta 3.400 de euro, în Bratislava 4.100 de euro, iar în Praga au ajuns la 5.500 euro pe metrul pătrat.


  • Floreasca Hippodrome

    Floreasca Hippodrome

    Before 1945, horse races were organised in Bucharest at the Baneasca hippodrome. People passionate about horses and horse riding would gather there to socialize and pursue their passion. In the early 20th century, horse riding was growing in popularity in Romania, and soon the racetracks in Baneasa proved insufficient to meet the demand for such events. This is how the second hippodrome was built in the Floreasca neighbourhood, in the northeast of capital Bucharest.

    After the First World War, the world was beginning to recover from the traumas caused by the conflict and was trying to get used to the new geopolitical reality. The war had left deep scars and the desire for reconstruction and a new beginning was felt everywhere. But even though the world was new, people felt the need to carry on with what they had lived before, with everything that life had stood for before the war. Thus, leisure and passions held an important place in people’s lives and horse riding was one of them.

    Today, we will briefly tell you the story of the Floreasca hippodrome, with the help of historian Cezar Buiumaci.

    After the Great War, horse racing began to become more and more popular among Bucharest residents. A growing number of enthusiasts became owners of racehorses. Because the number was constantly increasing and the space in Băneasa proved to be limited, the idea of ​​building a new place for horse racing appeared. The one who would lay the foundations of the new hippodrome was the engineer Ion Matak, owner of a stud farm. In the beginning of the third decade of the 20th century, he bought from the Cheap Housing Society a land of 180,000 square meters on the Ștefan cel Mare road. The investment amounted to the then fabulous amount of 6 million lei.

    The initiative of the engineer Ion Matak was bearing fruit and the new construction started to gain shape. The plans were entrusted to one of the best specialists of that time, as Cezar Buiumaci recalls:

    The facilities were designed by the architect Paul Smărăndescu, one of the leading representatives of the neo-Romanian style. The new building was erected with the facade of the grandstands ending on the second floor. It had an open porch and carved wooden pillars. To allow good visibility, the grandstands were completely open. The building complex consisted of three grandstands: the official, the royal and the public pavilion connected by corridors and passageways.

    So, starting with 1924, the people of Bucharest had a new place to enjoy their passion. A film about the inauguration of the racetracks was made and presented in cinemas in the Romanian capital. Cezar Buiumaci says that in 13 years of existence the Floreasca hippodrome had an intense activity.

    inaugurated in the autumn of the same year, the hippodrome would enjoy a growing participation. After only five years, the place would even host night races, using electric lighting equipment. The most important races were the trot races, and the program was as follows: galloping on Sunday and Thursday, and trotting on Wednesday and Saturday However, the fourth decade was going to come with problems for the Floreasca hippodrome due to a combination of factors. Mainly, it was a matter of poor management but also the economic crisis of 1929-1933. The involvement of Carol II in the year of the first celebration of the Month of Bucharest in 1935 was auspicious and translated into a revival of the racetracks, and the place even hosted the first international race. But the problems were not going to stop and two years later, in 1937, the Floreasca hippodrome was closed, with races being organised only at the Băneasa racetracks.

    Hard times would follow for the Floreasca hippodrome. The decline of the late 1920s led to the collapse of the following decade. Here is Cezar Buiumaci again:

    After the decommissioning of the hippodrome, the place was parcelled out in order to make room for a compound of cheap houses. However, the start of WWII stopped the project, which was resumed in the sixth decade by the communist authorities, who built a set of blocks there, a neighbourhood whose streets were named after composers. The Dinamo sports complex was built on one side of the former racetracks. A green area was left in middle of the new Floreasca neighbourhood, the Verdi Park, where the Floreasca cinema hall was built later.

    The communist regime that came to power after 1945 had other urban priorities. Cezar Buiumaci once again:

    We can say that, as in the case of the Băneasa hippodrome, there was an overlapping of buildings of the new regime, a transformation with a propagandistic symbolism, the new buildings taking the place of those of a regime considered decadent. However, there were rumours in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century that a new Bucharest hippodrome was to be built at the end of the Drumul Taberii neighbourhood, in the Valea Ialomiței area. However, in the specialised literature we did not find details about this project, and the coming to power of Nicolae Ceaușescu meant to a large extent the abandonment of some projects for the development of that area in favour of others.

    Today, the Floreasca hippodrome is unrecognizable. Just one old stable on Vornicul Manolache street vaguely recalls what the place used to host 100 years ago. (M. Ignatescu)

  • L’hippodrome de Floreasca

    L’hippodrome de Floreasca

    Avant 1945, dans la capitale roumaine, les courses de chevaux se déroulaient sur l’hippodrome de Băneasa. Les amateurs de chevaux et de sport équestre s’y réunissaient pour socialiser et poursuivre leur passion. Au début du XXe siècle, l’hippisme gagnait en popularité en Roumanie aussi, et bientôt l’hippodrome de Băneasa allait s’avérer insuffisant pour faire face aux demandes d’événements. Ainsi est née la construction du deuxième hippodrome, celui du quartier Floreasca, au nord-est de Bucarest.Après la Première Guerre Mondiale, l’humanité commençait à se remettre des traumatismes provoqués par la grande conflagration et essayait de s’habituer à la nouvelle réalité géopolitique. La guerre avait laissé de profondes traces et l’élan de la reconstruction et d’un nouveau départ était visible partout. Même dans un nouveau monde, les gens ressentaient le besoin de continuer leur vie d’avant. Ainsi, les loisirs et les passe-temps favoris occupaient une place importante dans la vie des gens, l’hippisme en faisant partie.

    Avec l’historien Cezar Buiumaci, nous avons égrené l’histoire de l’hippodrome Floreasca, l’endroit où fut écrite une partie de l’histoire de l’hippisme de Bucarest : «Après la Grande Guerre, les courses de chevaux ont commencé à gagner en popularité parmi les habitants de Bucarest. De plus en plus de passionnés sont devenus propriétaires de chevaux de race. Parce que leur nombre augmentait constamment et l’espace de l’hippodrome de Băneasa se révélait limité, l’idée de construire un nouvel espace pour les courses de chevaux est apparue. Celui qui a posé les bases du nouvel hippodrome est l’ingénieur Ion Matak, propriétaire de haras. Au début des années 1930, il a acheté, à la « Société de Logements Bon Marchés », un terrain de 180.000 mètres carrés, du côté de l’avenue Ștefan cel Mare. L’investissement s’est élevé au montant fabuleux de 6 millions de lei de l’époque.»

    L’initiative de l’ingénieur Ion Matak porte ses fruits et la nouvelle construction prend corps. Le projet a été confié à l’un des meilleurs spécialistes de l’époque, raconte Cezar Buiumaci: « Les bâtiments de l’hippodrome ont été dessinés par l’architecte Paul Smărăndescu, l’un des représentants importants du style néo-roumain. Le nouveau bâtiment, érigé avec la façade des tribunes se terminant au deuxième étage, était dans ce style. Il avait une galerie ouverte et des piliers en bois sculpté. Pour avoir une bonne visibilité, les tribunes étaient complètement ouvertes. Le complexe de bâtiments comprenait trois tribunes: le pavillon officiel, le pavillon royal et le pavillon public, tous reliés par des couloirs et des passages.»

    À partir de 1924, les habitants de Bucarest avaient un deuxième endroit pour profiter de leur passion. Un film sur l’ouverture de l’hippodrome a été réalisé et présenté dans les cinémas de la capitale roumaine. Cezar Buiumaci dit que pendant ses 13 ans d’existence, l’hippodrome Floreasca a eu une activité intense : « Inauguré à l’automne de la même année de sa construction, l’hippodrome a été un succès, avec une participation croissante. En seulement 5 ans, des courses nocturnes ont été organisées ici grâce à l’éclairage électrique. Les courses les plus importantes étaient celles de trot et le programme était le suivant: dimanche et jeudi pour les courses de galop, mercredi et samedi pour les courses de trot. Cependant, la quatrième décennie allait apporter des problèmes pour l’hippodrome Floreasca, en raison d’un cumul de facteurs. C’était surtout une mauvaise gestion, mais aussi la crise économique de 1929-1933. L’implication du roi Carol II en 1935, année de la première célébration du Mois de la ville de Bucarest, a été de bon augure, entraînant la renaissance de l’hippodrome, grâce à la première course internationale qui s’y est déroulée. Mais les problèmes n’ont pas trouvé de solutions et deux ans plus tard, en 1937, l’hippodrome Floreasca est fermé. Les courses ont continué à se tenir uniquement à l’hippodrome Băneasa.»

    L’hippodrome Floreasca commençait à vivre des temps difficiles. Le déclin amorcé à la fin des années 1920 a conduit à son effondrement, au début de la décennie suivante. Cezar Buiumaci : « Après la démolition de l’hippodrome, l’endroit a été parcellé afin d’y construire un ensemble de logements bon marché. Cependant, le déclenchement de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale a mis un terme à cette démarche, reprise pendant les années 1960 par les autorités communistes, qui y ont construit un ensemble d’immeubles d’appartements, un quartier dont les rues portaient des noms de compositeurs. Le centre sportif Dinamo a été construit sur un côté de l’ancien hippodrome. Il y a également un espace vert au milieu de ce nouveau quartier Floreasca, le parc Verdi, où a été construit plus tard le cinéma Floreasca.»

    Le nouveau régime communiste d’après 1945 avait d’autres priorités urbaines, précise Cezar Buiumaci: « On peut dire que, tout comme dans le cas de l’hippodrome Băneasa, il y a eu un chevauchement des bâtiments du nouveau régime, une transformation avec un symbolisme de propagande, les nouveaux bâtiments prenant la place de ceux d’un régime considéré comme décadent. Cependant, des rumeurs circulaient dans les années ’60 et ’70 du 20-e siècle selon lesquelles un nouvel hippodrome devait être construit à l’extrémité du quartier Drumul Taberei à Bucarest. Cependant, dans la littérature spécialisée, nous n’avons pas trouvé de détails sur ce projet, et l’arrivée au pouvoir de Nicolae Ceaușescu a signifié dans une large mesure l’abandon de certains projets de développement de cette zone au profit d’autres. »

    L’ancien emplacement de l’hippodrome Floreasca est aujourd’hui méconnaissable. Seulement une ancienne écurie de trot de la rue Vornicul Manolache rappelle encore le paysage urbain d’il y a 100 ans. (Felicia Mitraşca)

  • December 31, 2019 UPDATE

    December 31, 2019 UPDATE

    MESSAGE2019 brought the victory of democracy and civil
    participation, when we proved that we are a nation that stands by shared values
    and ideals, the president of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, says in his New Year’s message. The head of state voices confidence
    that in 2020 Romanians will stay motivated by their dream of a better country. He
    called for the building of a normal Romania, a country that is truly the home
    of Romanians, wherever they may be. We are entering
    a new year and a new decade, which I would also like to be the beginning of a
    period of normality and true democracy for Romania, PM Ludovic Orban said in
    his own New Year’s message. He urges Romanians to view what they have left
    behind as a lesson about what needs to be done in order to make true the dream
    of freedom, democracy and prosperity that mobilized people 30 years ago to
    fight against totalitarianism.










    MIGRATION Romania’s General Inspectorate for Migration can issue work
    permits for 30,000 new foreign workers in 2020. Employers in 2019 requested
    work permits for 750 various jobs, ranging from installation operators to
    superior clerks. Most of the foreign workers in Romania come from Vietnam,
    Nepal, India the neighboring Republic of Moldova and Sri Lanka.










    INVESTIGATION Romanian authorities carry on inquiries and checks into the incident
    at the Floreasca Hospital in Bucharest, the largest emergency unit in the
    country. The National Healthcare Quality management Authority Monday suspended
    the accreditation of the hospital, which failed to report within 24 hours an
    incident in which a 66-old patient was burnt on the operating room table. The
    woman died, and the Bucharest Police is currently investigating suspicions of
    manslaughter. The Board of Physicians and the Healthcare Ministry are running
    separate investigations, with the conclusions due to be presented early next
    week. Meanwhile, the hospital has to address the deficiencies that have led to
    the unfortunate event. Although the accreditation has been suspended, Floreasca
    Emergency Hospital in Bucharest operates as usual.








    SAFETY Over 21,000 Interior Ministry employees are on duty every day in
    Romania to ensure citizen safety during the winter holidays. Special attention
    is paid to preventing serious accidents and to streamlining road traffic to the
    most popular tourist resorts. Up to 1,400 road police are on duty on the most
    circulated thoroughfares, with around 300 radar speed guns, to safeguard the
    lives of drivers, passengers and pedestrians. Nearly 9,600 police and gendarmes
    are also patrolling the busiest areas, especially fairs and shopping centres,
    and the sites of large outdoor public events.



  • Architect Paul Smarandescu

    Architect Paul Smarandescu

    The origins of this style are to be found in
    the second half of the 19th century. Its founder is Ion Mincu, an
    original architect who combined in his projects traditional architecture,
    Brancoveanu-style elements and but also elements of Western architecture,
    creating an unique style. This style was mainly developed after WW1 by a number
    of architects who changed and improved it as they designed a series of
    buildings that in time became iconic for Bucharest, such as the present
    headquarters of the Bucharest Town Hall. Paul Smarandescu is another renowned
    Romanian architect whose career was entirely dedicated to the neo-Romanian
    style.






    Born on June 26, 1881 in Bucharest, Paul
    Smarandescu designed public buildings and also private residences. With details
    on that, here is art historian Oana Marinache.






    Oana
    Marinache: He worked as an
    architect for the Ministry of Religious Denominations and Public Instruction
    for several years, then for the Ministry of the Interior. Concurrently, he
    activated in the private sector, building hundreds of residences, most of them
    in the neo-Romanian style. Benefitting from private orders coming from
    personalities in the army, the medical sector or from representatives of the
    boyar families, Paul Smarandescu succeeded in erecting sumptuous residences, to
    propagate and open even more the taste for the neo-Romanian style, especially
    in Bucharest. Paul Smarandescu is a member of the second generation of Romanian
    architects. He began his studies at the end of the 19th century and
    early into the 20th century. He initially studied with the Romanian
    School of Architecture, founded by Ion Mincu and others. Then he felt the need
    to go and further his education in Paris for three more years. He returned with
    a French architect’s diploma in 1906, then he was employed by the ministries I
    just mentioned. So he is among the first who implemented the principles of the
    Romanian school of architecture, principles advocating for the return to
    vernacular architecture, to the regional, specific architecture, which also
    meant renouncing the French academic style and no longer bringing in eclectic
    elements, which were also French.






    Paul Smarandescu designed sumptuous villas,
    but also more modest residences, in keeping with the commissioner’s income.
    Generally, they were one or two-storied buildings, with beautiful stone-carved
    decorative elements, tailored especially for those who wanted their houses to
    be built in the Neo-Romanian style, which, after the Great Union, was
    considered the representative Romanian style.






    As architect of several public institutions,
    Smarandescu also designed lodgings for various public sector employees, such as
    the buildings around Gara de Nord, tailored for employees and top managers with
    the Romanian Railway Company. Among the private residences designed by
    Smarandescu are a couple of mountain villas, especially in Sinaia, but also one
    designed for his daughter, on the Black Sea Coast, in Balchik, at present a
    locality on Bulgaria’s territory.






    Of the imposing buildings created by the
    architect there is the Agricola Insurance Company Palace, lying on Victoria
    Boulevard, but also the Universul Palace near the Cismigiu gardens, which
    during the interwar period used to house some famous publications of the time.
    With details on that, here is art historian Oana Marinache once again.

    Oana
    Marinache: In the public
    space, I should like to mention two restored buildings. The so-called oldest
    house of Bucharest: the Melik house. What we see now, in fact, is the version
    restored by Paul Smarandescu, completed around 1928. Also, he restored a little
    church, the Church consecrated to Saint Sophia, in Floreasca district. It is an
    example of small scale religious edifice. As regards the Universul Palace, it
    is a mix of utilitarianism and the need to erect a tall building, capable of
    housing a number of newspaper offices. Perhaps the plot of land there required
    a vertical construction, dominated by an imposing tower which reminds us of
    America’s sky-scrapers. As regards the decorative elements, there are also
    items of the Neo-Romanian style. Many of Paul Smarandescu’s projects have this
    watch-tower which had a practical function as well, that of offering a
    beautiful bird’s eye view of the entire area, since many of the buildings were
    located in green areas. Also, Smarandescu’s Neo-Romanian style includes many
    wooden elements, such as wood inwrought with decorative elements inspired from
    traditional architecture.






    Paul Smarandescu died in 1945 and did not
    see how his buildings were nationalized and neglected by the communist regime.