Die historische Altstadt in Georgiens Hauptstadt Tbilisi ist massiv durch Verfall und extrem profitorientierte Investoren bedroht und nun hat sich eine Bürgerinitiative gegen den Abriss der wertvollen historischen Bausubtanz gebildet.Die Initiative hat eine Online-Petition gestartet und ihr könnt sie unterstützen durch eure Online-Unterschrift und die Weiterleitung an Menschen, die diese Petition auch unterstützen möchten:
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The battle for Tbilisi's soul
By Matthew Collin BBC News, Tbilisi
"Don't destroy the building," pleaded a placard held by a young demonstrator outside a late 19th Century block in the centre of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. But it was already too late. As the small group of conservationists held their protest, construction workers were standing nearby, preparing to start knocking it down. The historic building was cleared for demolition after the authorities deemed that it was too damaged to be renovated. It will be replaced by a modern office block. One of the protesters said this showed that a "battle for the soul of the city" was under way.
The dispute pits the conservationists, who believe the architectural heritage of Tbilisi's old town district is under threat, against profit-seeking developers and the city council, which lacks the finances needed to restore the Georgian capital's magnificent but crumbling architecture.
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STOP demolishing of the historical building in Tbilisi
Published by Alexander Elisashvili on Jul 03, 2008
Category: City & Town Planning
Region: Georgia
Target: Tbilisi Municipality/ Bank Republic - Societe General Group
Web site: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=24083059477&ref=nf
Description/History:It’s been several weeks that in the center of Tbilisi, in Freedom Square, in the corner of Tabidze and Leonidze Streets (2, Leonidze Street) a historically, architecturally and generally important building is being dismantled. The permission to pull down the building was issued by the Urban Planning Agency at the Municipality of Tbilisi and the Reconstruction Council, composed of the representatives of the Ministry of Culture, chaired by Mr. Mamuka Akhvlediani, the Vice-Mayor of Tbilisi. The financier of construction is Bank Republic/Societe Generale and its owner Lasha Papashvili (building owner: Business Center in the Liberty Square – 2, Leonidze Street, Ltd; purpose: multifunctional office building; permission issued by: Urban Service Agency of the Tbilisi Municipality; Permission No 6606-1-16.05.08; term – 2008-2010; project organization: Lebo, Ltd. (Levan Bokeria), construction company – Arkstudia).
The house was built in 1830. Initially this was a two-storey building; at the end of XIX century it was altered and the third floor was added to it; final alteration to this building was made in the beginning of the XX century – in 1903. It had the status of a building with signs of monument, which involves protection mechanisms identical to those of buildings with the status of monument. By the Decree of the 1st of October 2007 of the Minister of Culture Giorgi Gabashvili, the building located at 2, Leonidze Street was not included into the new list of buildings with the status of monument. By the same decree many other buildings of cultural value were deprived of the above status (e.g., so called “imeli”, “zaria-vostoka” and other buildings). The info board, pasted to the building at 2, Leonidze Street provides with information on construction works, containing several inaccuracies:
• Computer image of the new building, which clearly shows rude manipulation to hide the actual scale of the new building – after adding two stories, the height of the building remains unchanged.
• The mentioned permission (No6606-1; 16/05/2008) was issued for demolishing the existing building and not for constructng a new one.
According to the initial project, the historical building, meant for destruction, was supposed be replaced by a 7-storey business center. After the protest expressed by the society, the investor offered to construct only a four-storied one as a compromise.On 21.02.2008 Mr. Papashvili applied the Recommendation Council with a request of dismantling of the building, but his request was rejected. The repeated request of the investor was considered by the Council on 13.03.2008 and this timethe permission was granted. The permission was issued on 16.05.2008.
However, neither the investor and not the members of the Recommendation Council themselves do not or can not understand, that in this case the issue of principal importance is to retain the historical building. We believe, that a qualified transparent expert study would show, that the building could be rehabilitated, which means that it would not be necessary to dismantle it. Particularly when we have such positive examples in the capital: rehabilitation of the buildings of the General Office of the TBC-Bank (Marjanishvili Street), the Head Office of the Bank of Georgia (Freedom Square) and the former Caravansary in Leselidze Street.
Petition:
We, who signed this petition, call:
The Ministry of Culture, Monument Protection and Sports – Mr. Nikoloz Vacheishvili
The Mayor of Tbilisi – Mr. Gigi UgulavaThe Vice-Mayor of Tbilisi – Mr. Mamuka Axvlediani
The Head of Tbilisi City Hall – Mr. Zaal Samadashvili
The Head of the Georgian Cultural Heritage Foundation - Mr. David Ninidze
Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Bank Republic – Lasha Papashvili
Our opinion is that the permission issued for dismantling of the building located at 2, Leonide Street must be immediately suspended and for the purpose of evaluation of the present state of the building a professional, unbiased and comprehensive expert study must be carried out.
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The STOP demolishing of the historical building in Tbilisi petition to Tbilisi Municipality/ Bank Republic - Societe General Group was written by Alexander Elisashvili and is hosted free of charge at GoPetition.
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