The Podmaniczky end of town and all those adjoining streets has suddenly moved up to the desirable end of the scale, with the announcement that the new Government Quarter is to be built along the border of Nyugati train station and Podmaniczky ut. It appears to be a truely massive building project/under-taking, and bodes well for that area.
first announced back in November, the architects have finally been chosen
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It can only be beneficial to this part of District VI in the long term, but I don't see it really making a huge immediate difference to some of the shabbier streets closeby such as Szondi utca/Vorosmarty utca/Csengery utca/Rozsa utca/etc..
... particularly when you consider that the Hungarian government is not exactly flush with cash at the minute.
I hope you're right, paddyd! As I'm sure you noticed, the underpass leading to the Ferdinand bridge is particularly bad. Not sure why this wasn't improved years ago, as it's effectively another entrance to the West End centre.
The front page of the Budapest Sun today has an interview with the POlish architect talking about his 'hope' to renovate the whole surrounding area, and picks out Podmaniczky for special treatment.
The Ferdinand underpass might be a thing of the past
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