Yerevan’s Pak Shuka to remain a market : Yerevan Mayor
11.06.2013,
18:23
After reconstruction, Pak Shuka of Yerevan (Covered Market) will continue functioning as a market, no multistoried apartment building will replace it, said Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan.
YEREVAN, June 11./ARKA/. After reconstruction, Pak Shuka of Yerevan (Covered Market) will continue functioning as a market, no multistoried apartment building will replace it, said Yerevan Mayor Taron Margaryan.
“ I pledge there will be no building replacing Pak Shuka, which is a cultural and historical monument. It will be just reconstructed and continue functioning as a market,” he said following his inauguration.
The mayor clarified the dismantling of the multistoried building has been already launched.
“Everyone can see it, and the dismantling works will finish soon.”
Margaryan didn’t give a clear answer to reporters, when he learnt Samvel Aleksanyan was planning to replace Pak Shuka with a multistoried building. He just said there are definite procedures, when one should submit protocols and only after that, it is possible to start dismantling works.
In May the demolition of the market’s arched roof was re-launched. Pak Shuka is owned by a businessman and parliament deputy Samvel Aleksanyan.
According to some speculations, four more floors will be added to the building of the market thus reconstructing it into the largest Yerevan City brand supermarket of the capital. Aleksanyan denied the rumors saying he was not destroying the building but renovating it.
Following the first meeting at the Council of Elders on 8 June, Taron Margaryan said the owner of Pak Shuka was intending to build a multistoried apartment building. The project, however, was never discussed at the City Hall, therefore the construction was banned and dismantling works -launched.
Samvel Aleksanyan confirmed to reporters during the inauguration that he had been earlier planning to replace Pak Shuka with a multistoried apartment building.
Pak Shuka of Yerevan is an architectural monument, founded in 1952 by and architect Grigor Aghababyan whose 100th anniversary was celebrated in Armenia last year. -0-
