Alytus - around the central park

[vyrud]

The center of Alytus was rather artificially developed in around the central park in 1985-1990. And since the economic and legal basis changed significantly after 1990 the initial plans remained not relaized fully. But today we will make a short walk in this part of the town:

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[darriuss]

>> Old cinema "Dainava" near the shop - also "avantgard" of the 1960s. But project was typical - at least one such building I know in Kaunas:

Interesting. I think it's an example of local (Lithuanian) project since I can not remember such movie theatre anywhere else. Rather unusual because in most cases it was a prerogative of Moscow (or Leningrad) institutes to develop typical projects of public buildings such as culture palaces, cinemas or hotels.

[darriuss]

Of course (on the other hand) Alytus' "Dainava" can be simply a local variation of this very popular project from the end of 1950s.

[vyrud]

I don't know exactly. It is very difficult to find the authors of typical projects here. A. Brazauskas in his memoirs wrote that they tried do not use typical projects that were promoted by the Moscow and Leningrad institutes and sometimes this promotion was very obsessive (I tried to reproduce his words).
But in the 1950s most of the typical projects used here had M/L origin for sure. Only later may be some local typical projects were developed. I tried to find the authors of "Lietuva" cinema in Vilnius but was able to find only remarks "typical project" ...

P.S. One more same former cinema building in Kaunas (photo 1965):
ttp://datos.kvb.lt/components/com_galerija/galerija.php?task=view&id=275

[darriuss]

"Lietuva" cinema in Vilnius, 1959-65, arch. Jonas Kasperavičius.

I found (and can not remember where, may be in "Architecture of Soviet Lithuania") this information when I prepared my Vilnius posts last year.

[vyrud]

Oh, thanks! I found info that most of the typical projects then were prepared in the department of typical projects of Vilnius institute "Miestprojektas" (head B. Kruminis). He wrote that he was able to attract some gifted architects to his department and that was very different comparing with the situation in other republics (but this is words of the interested person :)))