- Stara Peščenica
Stara Peščenica (IPA2|ˈstâra peʂˈ͡tʂěni͡tsa) is a neighborhood located in the northwestern corner of the
Peščenica - Žitnjak administrative city district ofZagreb ,Croatia . It is bordered by Zvonimirova Street and the J. F. Kennedy Square on the north, Budakova Street on the east, railway (laterBranimirova Avenue ) on the south andVjekoslav Heinzel Avenue on the west. The neighborhood's name (translated to English as "Old Peščenica") correctly displays it both as the oldest part of what is today Peščenica - Žitnjak district, and having a rich history.History
Stara Peščenica began as a village in the vicinity of Zagreb in the 19th century. After the Mošinsky's 1902
annexation of Lašćina and Žitnjak municipalities into the City of Zagreb, and urban sprawl encompassing areas east of Heinzel Avenue, poor settlements sprang up north of the railway exiting the city. One of these settlements was Stara Peščenica, growing along thenamesake street. The other one was Naselak, a street, which over time became engulfed by Stara Peščenica. Though, most of the houses are still standing to date, to which the neighborhood owes ananachronous appearance.After the
World War I , theAustro-Hungarian empire dissolved and Zagreb was incorporated in theKingdom of Yugoslavia . While being a capital of a province of sorts, Zagreb stopped being in a shadow cast by an economically and culturally more important city. It became the center of the Yugoslav economy and started to attract workers and people from rural areas. The population more than doubled in the next twenty years. While the city area (todayDonji Grad ) remained on the same area, the suburbs vastly spread out. The poor neighborhoods moved further east and the northern part of Stara Peščenica became a part of the well-designed wealthy "officer apartment city district". On the other hand, the rest of Peščenica (including southern part of Stara Peščenica) remained cheap and randomly parcelized land, having estate prices up to 8 times lower than Donji Grad. The Zvonimirova Street served as a boundary between the rich and the poor. Although the real estate prices have risen, Stara Peščenica today remains a randomly-built neighborhood with lots of different sizes and a structure not resembling the grid of nearby Donji Grad and southernMaksimir .cite journal
url = http://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php?show=clanak&id_clanak_jezik=37841
title = Povijesno-urbanistički razvoj područja Peščenice - sjever u Zagrebu
journal = Prostor, znanstveni časopis za arhitekturu i urbanizam
last = Jukić
first = Tihomir
date =1999-06-15
issue = Vol.7 No.1(17)
accessdate = 2008-08-05
language = Croatian]See also
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History of Zagreb References
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