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121:, starting with 1959–1964. The estimated population is between 30,000 and 40,000. Before the Communists started their massive building programme, Giurgiului was a farming village. After 1948 the village was added to the city area. A few years later in the south of the neighborhood a pipe factory was built along with a power plant, CET Berceni.
186:, which forces the authorities to close the construction sites temporarily, in order to seismically retrofit them, along with other buildings in the neighborhood. Upon the completion of the first buildings, people left homeless by the quake are moved to these apartment blocks, a move that will span up to early 1978.
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influence, typical of
Romanian housing estates built in that era. The neighborhood was also designed to feature a lot of space for greenery, and the buildings are laid out in such a way that the centerpiece of the housing estate is the tower block near Toporași, one of the few tower blocks built in
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The communist government insisted on a modernization programme of the area, using the sparsely-populated areas of
Bucharest (including Berceni) to build modern apartment buildings. The north–south trunk route plan involved building in the South section of this route a number of apartment buildings.
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1962: The construction work for another row of 5-staircase apartment blocks begins as well, by this time, the construction work for the last of the apartment blocks that began construction in 1959 is finished.
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1977: Further southwards, where the IDEB housing buildings are located, the construction of large 10-storey apartment buildings with 4 to 7 staircases commences. They are struck by the
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1959: The construction work for the 5-staircase apartment blocks begins and the
Progresul market is included in this programme as well, being completed by late 1960-early 1961.
251:; as of 2009, the line was closed to normal operation. The Giurgiului Road that passes through the middle of the neighbourhood is an important route to Giurgiu and
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the respective era. The planners responsible for the construction of the housing estate were Mircea
Bercovici, Constantin Gherghiceanu, and Cleopatra Alifanti.
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1968: By around this time, all the construction work for the original apartment buildings in the original modernization programme is finished.
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1958: The housing buildings of the IDEB workers and the construction site workers are completed, they are located near the Jewish
Cemetery.
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From an architectural point of view, the buildings are standardized, but especially on the 1960s buildings, there is a noticeable
Western
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1963: The construction work for the 11-storey tower blocks, apartment blocks with 5 to 6 staircases and 7-storey apartment blocks begins.
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Giurgiului has a cemetery, which includes a memorial to an estimated 300 Jewish refugees who had sailed from
Romania aboard the motor
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1989: By the
December 1989 revolution, most of these 8-storey buildings are finished, although a couple of them are still not done.
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1986: The construction work for a group of prefabricated 8-storey apartment buildings begins, situated further northwards near the
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1990: After the completion of the last 8-storey buildings, all the construction sites in the
Giurgiului housing estate are closed.
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1972: The construction work for the prefabricated 10-storey apartment buildings (in 2 to 5 staircases) commences.
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tram routes 7 and 25 link
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102, 116 and 323 link the neighborhood with other parts of Bucharest. Giurgiului has a
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housing estate, the construction work for the prefabricated 4-storey buildings begins.
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As mentioned before, the area was at first placed on the road towards the town of
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railway station on the line linking Bucharest with the
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97:) is a neighborhood in the southern part of the
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81:The Toporași tramway station in Giurgiului
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296:"Regia Autonomă de Transport București"
70:Map showing Giurgiului within Bucharest
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90:Romanian pronunciation:
1011:Districts of Bucharest
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37:44.38917°N 26.09194°E
459:Districts (quarters)
405:Sectors of Bucharest
231:housing estate. STB
172:1971: In the nearby
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184:Vrancea earthquake
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964:Vitan Park
934:Carol Park
893:Lake Titan
697:Revoluției
626:Primăverii
616:Pantelimon
566:Giurgiului
306:2019-12-29
259:References
233:bus routes
86:Giurgiului
58:Giurgiului
28:26°05′31″E
25:44°23′21″N
810:Dâmbovița
805:Colentina
779:Cotroceni
666:Văcărești
631:Progresul
611:Olteniței
546:Floreasca
541:Ferentari
521:Dorobanți
511:Dămăroaia
501:Cotroceni
496:Colentina
393:Bucharest
215:Transport
208:Modernist
115:Ferentari
103:Bucharest
1005:Category
973:See also
883:Lake Tei
753:Lipscani
606:Old Town
586:Militari
581:Lipscani
576:Iancului
561:Giulești
506:Crângași
471:Aviației
438:Sector 6
433:Sector 5
428:Sector 4
423:Sector 3
418:Sector 2
413:Sector 1
280:26 March
253:Bulgaria
243:port of
126:schooner
107:Sector 5
101:capital
99:Romanian
707:Rosetti
675:Squares
591:Moșilor
571:Grivița
556:Ghencea
551:Fundeni
536:Dudești
526:Dristor
481:Berceni
476:Băneasa
397:Romania
327:. ZF24.
245:Giurgiu
174:Berceni
147:Giurgiu
141:History
130:Mefküre
111:Berceni
109:, near
798:Rivers
712:Unirii
702:Romană
636:Rahova
621:Pipera
249:Jilava
241:Danube
820:Lakes
772:Hills
661:Vitan
656:Titan
641:Regie
229:Titan
105:, in
51:Place
601:Odăi
596:Obor
351:2009
282:2013
113:and
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237:CFR
225:STB
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