Crni Put

Crni Put (Serbian Cyrillic: Цpни Пут, English: Black Road) is a neighborhood of the city of Niš, Serbia. It is located within the municipality of Palilula.

Location

Crni Put is in the central-west part of the city of Niš. It is flat and bordered on the west by Roma neighborhood and Jewish Cemetery, on the south by the neighborhood of Staro Groblje, on the east by the Industrial Zone, and on the north by the Nišava river.

History

Crni Put is one of the neighborhoods in Niš built mostly after 1878. During World War II this neighborhood was heavily bombed, first in 1941 by Nazi Germany, than in 1944 by the Allies. During 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia the neighborhood would be again heavily bombed.

Characteristics

The neighborhood is partly industrial, partly residential, and partly commercial. After WWII the city government decided to reserve the area of this neighborhood for industry and banned construction of any residential buildings. After the victory of the coalition of democratic opposition in the local elections in Niš in 1996, the new city government revised that decision in 1997, partially authorizing the construction of residential buildings and dislocation of open merchandise markets into this neighborhood.

Future development

There is a plan of transformation of this neighborhood into commercial zone.