ČTK: City Hall stalls on renovation of dilapidated historic site

A dilapidated 19th century building named after original owner Václav Šlechta and located in Prague’s Stromovka Park will not see planned renovation this year, ČTK has reported. The building, which once housed a restaurant, has been boarded up in a state of disrepair for years – first gutted by a fire in 1980 and then hit by flooding in 2002. Under former plans the historic site was to have been saved and completely renovated by September 2012 at the cost of 180 million crowns. According to the Czech news agency, it is now apparent that Prague City Hall has allocated some of the needed budget to a separate project, meaning the reconstruction of the Stromovka site will be stalled. The agency also reports that the city has yet to sign an agreement with a contractor.

Author: Jan Velinger