“The Time Traveler’s House”
CHAPTER XII
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Like any other capital (or a large city) in Europe, Budapest faced the same problems with the housing that accompanies rapid growth, industrialization and urbanisation. The problem was of course the shortage of the houses for living.
The awfull life conditions of the new citizens were much alike of those in any other metropolis of the late 19th century, so vivdly decribed by Dickens and Dostoevsky. Budapest was no exception.
However with what's called now "the golden age" of Budapest, unification and urban planning came some solutions as well.
And before the crisis of 1930s most of today's classic Budapest housing projects were completed. These are the very peciluar courtyard-system buildings that are dominant in pre-soviet buildings in the city center. You know it - beautiful facades and the courtyards with the open galleries and entrances to the apartments through them.
The economic crisis inevitably brought new ideas into housing projects, mainly making the apartments cheaper, thus smaller.
And after WWII and the establishment of the socialist regime with the crazy idea of "5-year" non-market planning was in order for more than 40 years... This "gems" of soviet "genius" are encompassing all historical areas of Budapest as they do througout all cities of the former eastern bloc.
Being build with cheap materials, poor planning, they're now already gradually falling apart even though it's been only 40-50 years since they had been built. Although it's fair to say that some funny stories occured even before the soviet rule... After all, this is Balcans, for crying out loud...
We felt that ourselves while we were reconstructing our building into a hotel, and here we can rememeber stories about the building from 1930s where one of grand, beautifully crafted staircase that led straight into a blank wall, or the building where the elevator only went up...
But our absolute favorite is the story “The Time Traveler’s House”... In the 1940s, a small Budapest apartment building installed a clock on its façade to help residents keep track of time. However, due to a mechanical mishap, the clock ticked backward instead of forward.
At first, the residents were confused and complained, but as the repairs were delayed, they began to embrace the clock’s quirkiness. Locals joked that the building was “ahead of its time by being behind it.” Some claimed it was perfect for reminding them of things they’d forgotten, like their keys or shopping list.
The backward clock became a local landmark, and passersby often stopped to marvel at its oddity. It stayed that way for years until it was finally replaced in the 1950s. Even after it was gone, the building was nicknamed “The Time Traveler’s House”, and the story of its backward clock was fondly remembered in the neighborhood.
The awfull life conditions of the new citizens were much alike of those in any other metropolis of the late 19th century, so vivdly decribed by Dickens and Dostoevsky. Budapest was no exception.
However with what's called now "the golden age" of Budapest, unification and urban planning came some solutions as well.
And before the crisis of 1930s most of today's classic Budapest housing projects were completed. These are the very peciluar courtyard-system buildings that are dominant in pre-soviet buildings in the city center. You know it - beautiful facades and the courtyards with the open galleries and entrances to the apartments through them.
The economic crisis inevitably brought new ideas into housing projects, mainly making the apartments cheaper, thus smaller.
And after WWII and the establishment of the socialist regime with the crazy idea of "5-year" non-market planning was in order for more than 40 years... This "gems" of soviet "genius" are encompassing all historical areas of Budapest as they do througout all cities of the former eastern bloc.
Being build with cheap materials, poor planning, they're now already gradually falling apart even though it's been only 40-50 years since they had been built. Although it's fair to say that some funny stories occured even before the soviet rule... After all, this is Balcans, for crying out loud...
We felt that ourselves while we were reconstructing our building into a hotel, and here we can rememeber stories about the building from 1930s where one of grand, beautifully crafted staircase that led straight into a blank wall, or the building where the elevator only went up...
But our absolute favorite is the story “The Time Traveler’s House”... In the 1940s, a small Budapest apartment building installed a clock on its façade to help residents keep track of time. However, due to a mechanical mishap, the clock ticked backward instead of forward.
At first, the residents were confused and complained, but as the repairs were delayed, they began to embrace the clock’s quirkiness. Locals joked that the building was “ahead of its time by being behind it.” Some claimed it was perfect for reminding them of things they’d forgotten, like their keys or shopping list.
The backward clock became a local landmark, and passersby often stopped to marvel at its oddity. It stayed that way for years until it was finally replaced in the 1950s. Even after it was gone, the building was nicknamed “The Time Traveler’s House”, and the story of its backward clock was fondly remembered in the neighborhood.
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+ Cosmetic mirror
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