Skopje Urban Renewal

[poiuytrewq0987]

Currently, Skopje is undergoing a total transformation of its city center and the surrounding areas. Largely to update the look of the city which hasn't saw many new buildings since the communist reconstruction of the earthquake-devastated city. A lot of amazing new buildings are being constructed completely internally by Macedonian architects and laborers.

New Supreme Court on left:



New pedestrian bridge:





Museum of Macedonian National Struggle on right, and I think the left one will be the national theater:









The national theater's design is actually derived from the old one before it was destroyed by the earthquake in 1964.



and here's what old Skopje looked like:



Panorama of city center:

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Triumph Arch dedicated to the struggle for our independence:







handicap-friendly stairs:



from the top of the arch:

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The new Ministry of Foreign Affairs building:

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More pictures of the new national theater:

[poiuytrewq0987]

huh to be honest Skopje 2014 is a failed project.Millions of euroes were spent on meaningless statues and the renewal is solely concentrated in the centre of the city.Skopje provinces are damn hell un developed.

Failure? Our new city center is beautiful. up

[Siberyak]

Failure? Our new city center is beautiful. up

I think he means Kosovo is a failed project.

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Old facade:



New facade:

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The national theater's design is actually derived from the old one before it was destroyed by the earthquake in 1964.

Built by the fascist Bulgarian occupier 41-44.

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A sweet stone gazebo:

[Padre Organtino]

Looks a bit artificial to me. And honestly pompous city center with underdeveloped outskirts is not exactly an ideal of a European city either.