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Now combed sand is not suitable there, not because peasants and conservatives want only gray bricks and shadowy sculptures, but because this oupenbychas Not even a beach. Where in the world have you seen a beach without Cheburek lifeguards, onanists and vendors? It remains to be seen, and how they did not intend to plant palm trees or, better yet, build plastic screens that convey the view of the sea.
Vilnius Council member Gediminas Jaunius called the occasional ladies with their thousands of children sitting on wooden chaise lounges “veritable bustle,” comparing the summer campaign to the winning Venetian opera Golden Lion in the arena. sea”. That is why it seems to some that the singers created by the company “Elitaz”, the old “savior” who cures the historical memory of the city, sing authentic songs. It seems to me that there are only a few “authentic” territories of freedom left in Vilnius: the entrances to the station, where several rebels and illegal elements intersect, and the Galera embankment in Užupis. But the Free-spirited Galley still exists in Užupė home countries like Marius Abramavičius and others. and not by “decrees” of arbitrary mayors.
Both the liberals, who are armored with fetishes for freedom, and the peasants who fight against the rule of law in the square do not really see beyond the limits of their political struggles. Long-term disagreements over Lukiškės Square (sand or hill? Vytis or gravel?) Arise not because we worry too much, but because we have distanced ourselves from urban affairs. We don’t know what we want in our capital, because most of us are newcomers, settlers. Women, Jonavis, Tauragians and the like. We create a city for everyone according to their provincial tastes, regardless of what Vilnius himself and his ancestors need.
Sigismund Gedvila / 15min photo / Lukiškių Square beach
Let’s not play here without disrespecting the rebels or the victims of the occupation, because it is not for historical memory that we are so present. First of all, we desperately need an apartment closer to the center, a newer car, and a convenient way to take the child to kindergarten or school, and if there is a shopping center nearby … True, the shopping center in Vilnius is always nearby.
Did anyone hear the voices of small business owners two decades ago when they begged not to allow supermarkets to establish themselves in city centers? No one heard or listened. The influential Free Market Institute, where the young doctor of social sciences Remigijus Šimašius was then the vice president, was not particularly listened to. If we had listened more closely to the locals and the ancients, we would know that it is the small merchants and artisans and their customers, and not the big capital, like the various communities and cultural spaces, bringing together people connected by common experiences and thus transmitting historical memory to the future. An employee who moves from a network cafe or store on Vokiečių Street to another network store or cafe on Gediminas Avenue does not acquire, save or transfer any common experience, therefore does not transfer his experience and memory to the Treasure of Cultural Memory.
From the ecology point of view of the capital, perhaps the most populous place in Vilnius is still the Stiklių neighborhood. One of the first free companies in Lithuania remained the same as at the beginning. Mr. Zakarevičius did not sell his property to the trade empire X, the clothing chain Y, or the coffee-to-go chain Z. The city changed and “Stikliai” remained, by the way, in the territory of the old ghetto, deeply absorbed in the memory space. At that time, not only the dirty bench, but also the chicken tycoons did not survive at the site of the Literatų site, which was mourned by bodybuilders. Now a new sign will be raised there again. Maybe some Chinese restaurant?
When the city changes faster than the traffic loads can handle the avenue tiles laid just a few years ago, and the summer heat is planted with linden trees, it’s easy for citizens to fill their eyes with sand. Because nobody will notice anything.
When the city changes faster than the traffic loads can handle the avenue tiles laid just a few years ago, and the summer heat is planted with linden trees, it’s easy for citizens to fill their eyes with sand. Because nobody will notice anything. How many editorial offices can send journalists to city council meetings on a regular basis to keep chief mayors at their feet? Does Vilnius have an independent publication? No longer. Vilnius Day, which suspended its activities during the quarantine, will likely end its days leaving Artūras Zuokas without a platform of political loners. At that time, the Klaipėda and Vakarų ekspresas newspapers were still in Klaipėda, traditional semi-official adults with the port and politics, but still. A new independent virtual publication “Atvira Klaipėda” is growing there like a loader crane.
And why is there no newspaper or portal in Vilnius? Because Vilnius no longer exists. There is only one market controlled by a market stick, which is divided (more precisely, torn in different directions) by more than half a million random people thrown into a pile. They don’t need means to moderate their interests because nobody links them anyway. If such a newspaper in the country’s main city were to appear, it would look like a big bulletin board.
That is why the city’s mayor, Remigijus Šimašius, can fill the sand under everyone’s feet without consulting anyone before, not only with residents, but even with coalition partners. Even the deputy mayor of the city Valdas Benkunskas bychas It was a surprise because no one moderates an active mayor. Because as if there was no one to ask questions, there are no demands. It is no coincidence that the Vokiečič street projects disappoint the specialists, whose proposed visions seem to be drafts of a group of florists. In other words, we only see the surface of the city, without the cultural layer.
Even without finding an authentic relationship with their city, which does not form in a year, or in a decade, or even once (and certainly not in a sandy square), even the stacked books on historical Vilnius do not fill the gaps in the historical self-awareness. If we suddenly create a personal connection to the area, grow an office center there or line up a pad, then recreate. Concrete saga in the asphalt desert.
Vilnius has always been governed by no one: Vilnius is governed by himself, backed by direct decrees from a sympathetic mayor and by investors who capture the expectations of large-scale consumers, slowly suffocating Basilisk and rubbing Ahasphere’s memory. And there is nothing to be angry about, it is suitable for all of us.
It is true that the only district in this desert still retains its authentic cultural layer and ecological standard: Žvėrynas. Initially, Užupis was still standing, but now, furnished with dense conglomerates of apartments, it will only remain on postcards. In Žvėrynas, a cohesive city in the middle of a big city, there has been a fierce and intellectual community whose protests are being eroded by careless investors. And the mayor himself was able to cut the shingles for the Birutė functional trail just because there were still undeveloped sites along the river. Although there are no more pine trees on Pušų street for a long time, much has survived in Žvėrynas as conceived a hundred years ago. There is something to store in Žvėrynas. Once you have something to store, you don’t want to hide it under sand or concrete. Also, people in Žvėrynas are still thinking of children. Animal children will one day remember where they spent their childhood.
Once you have something to store, you don’t want to hide it under sand or concrete.
And what will children grow up in the Zuokas-Šimašius megalopolis? I will remember the rains gushing from the granite slabs at Lukiškės Square and maybe that red flag with a horse … A lot. Because there are fewer and fewer things to remember in Vilnius. “Polish, German, before and after them: Russian government. You won’t even remember the time of Lithuanian Vilnius, it flows alone in Nerimi, with its water it keeps spinning and spinning”, as Richard Gavelis wrote in “Vilnius Poker” at the time, so now it fits even more. The expression of Lithuanian Vilnius mascot Tomas Venclova “Aš dūstu” can now be converted from an ideological meaning to a direct physical one, because the freedom of capital does not make it easier to inhale.
In the future, residents of the capital will still be able to read books that are now massively written (and perhaps read) by the city’s settlers. Vilnius’ rebirth in the books, ignited by the “Silva rerum” tetralogy of classic Vilnius resident Kristina Sabaliauskaitė, is like a nostalgic reverence for the past, worshiping the good old days, sparking a romantic sentiment. To paraphrase the famous postmodernist thinker Jean Baudrillard, we need historical books on Vilnius so that we do not see the gradual disappearance of the legendary Vilnius passed by word of mouth.
To paraphrase the famous postmodernist thinker Jean Baudrillard, we need historical books on Vilnius so that we do not see the gradual disappearance of the legendary Vilnius passed by word of mouth.
At the same time, someday they may read the following article:
A multifunctional apartment complex will be built on the site of Lukiškės Square
www.vilniausvalanda.lt, 2028 June 26
Almost four decades after the controversy over the perpetuation of Lukiškės Square, a new twist. Vilnius Mayor Jaroslav Jedinskis signed a decree giving a private investor the right to build apartment buildings on Lukiškės Square, which no one uses.
We remind you that last Thursday the Seimas’ decision to change the commemorative status of Lukiškės Square for the residential territory gave the green light to the new project. The decision was made by a small majority of the Liberation Party.
“After long disagreements, the city, after defeating all the dissatisfied hypocrites, achieved the victory of freedom. Finally, Lukiškės Square will go to those to whom it belongs: the citizens,” J. Jedinskis was glad to sign an agreement with investor Ranga 7.
The construction contractor promises that a complex of 350 apartments will be built on the territory of the plaza in one year. It will have shops, Open Cinema, Open Library and an open rooftop beach with real palm trees from Mallorca, which commemorates a beach that worked eight years ago.
The entrance to the main building will be decorated with a sculpture of Tadas Gutauskas in memory of the rebels: an angel with a stylized bitterness on his shoulders, and the Freedom Hill by sculptor Andrius Labašauskas dedicated to the victims of freedom struggles will be unveiled in the corner of the underground parking.
Residents who criticized the project signed a petition demanding that Vytis be built on the roof instead of the beach, which could be seen from space, and delivered the claims to J. Jedinskis. The Mayor delegated by the Liberation Party placed the petition in the bottom drawer and promised to examine it in the near future.
In turn, the Friday before the apartment development project, the protest is organized by the Farmers and Reds Party. Surrounding Lukiškės Square with agricultural machinery, they intend to fight the construction machinery. The mayor signed a permit for the protest to take place. “We live in a free country that has seen many difficulties, struggles and difficulties, and now everyone is free to express their opinion,” Jedinskis said.
During the protest, public order will be supervised by additional Kaunas forces, a total of 300 officers. The price of an apartment in the new complex is slated to start at 70,000. But political prisoners and deportees will be subject to a 30% discount for apartments overlooking the Museum of Occupations and Freedom Fights.
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