David of Sasum cinema may be restored
29.11.2012,
21:04
David of Sasun, a cinema house that operated near the Yerevan railway station from the mid 1960s and was demolished in 1980s of the last century, may be restored, Yerevan’s chief architect Narek Sargsyan said to a news conference today.
YEREVAN, November 29. / ARKA /. David of Sasun, a cinema house that operated near the Yerevan railway station from the mid 1960s and was demolished in 1980s of the last century, may be restored, Yerevan’s chief architect Narek Sargsyan said to a news conference today.
According to him, the Yerevan municipality is going to issue permission for the demolition of the unfinished building of a hotel that was to be built in lieu of the former cinema house.
“Along with the demolition of the building the municipality is expected to complete discussion of a project to restore the cinema house”, he said.
Cinema house David of Sasun was built in the mid-1960s and screened primarily Indian films. It was closed in the early 1980s and was demolished a few years later. -0-
