Demolition of an old French building with 4 facades near Ba Dinh square to build a high-rise building
A row of 2-storey houses running along 4 sides of Hung Vuong – Tran Phu – Le Truc – Nguyen Thai Hoc streets, next to Ba Dinh square, with unique early twentieth century architecture is being demolished to build high-rise buildings.
Recently, many people in the capital, especially those who love Hanoi heritage, are surprised to see a row of old French houses with 4 sides of the street at 61 Tran Phu, which has the most prime location in Hanoi, far from Ba Dinh square. only a few hundred meters (Dien Bien ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi) is surrounded by scaffolding to carry out demolition.
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| French houses on the “golden” land with 4 facades at 61 Tran Phu, just a few hundred meters from Ba Dinh square (Dien Bien ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi). |
The area of more than 9,000m2 is the headquarters and production plant of Post and Telecommunications Equipment Joint Stock Company (POSTEF), which is an old factory built during the French colonial period. This building is planned with 4 rows of 2-storey houses with red tile roofs running along 4 facades, surrounding the factory building with a very unique reinforced concrete truss roof structure in the middle.
Notably, on the wall of the row of houses on the side of the Nguyen Thai Hoc – Le Truc intersection, there is a bas-relief embossed with the image of militia and self-defense forces defending Hanoi during the resistance war against the US.
In 2017, the Hanoi People’s Committee approved the investment policy of the Postef multi-functional project in this land. Accordingly, the project has a research area of more than 9,078m2, the project area is 7,532m2: including 11 floors and 6 basements about more than 43,023 m2; height is about 42.9 m. Total investment capital is more than 1,574 billion VND.
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| Currently, the row of houses is being erected scaffolding around for demolition work |
In early March, at POSTEF’s 2022 Annual General Meeting report, it was mentioned about the multi-functional project 61 Tran Phu, Ba Dinh.
Accordingly, on February 1, 2019, the Company was granted a certificate of land use right by the Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment.
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| Replacing the old French building is the POSTEF multifunctional project with 11 floors and 6 basements |
On May 4, 2020, the Hanoi People’s Committee issued a decision to adjust the policy of the Postef Multifunctional Project.
On December 8, 2020, the Hanoi Department of Construction issued a construction permit No. 83/GPXD with a term of 12 months.
The company has completed the project start-up procedures to prepare to start the project this year.
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| The roof of the building is being dismantled |
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| The row of houses on the opposite side is Hung Vuong |
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| On the wall of the row of houses facing the street of Nguyen Thai Hoc – Le Truc street, there is a bas-relief depicting militia and self-defense forces defending Hanoi during the resistance war against the US. The bas-relief will also be removed |
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| The main gate of the block at 61 Tran Phu |
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| Pictures inside the project |
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| Piles of bricks and scraps |
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| The walls are removed one by one |
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| The imprint of factory architecture from the early 20th century has been erased |
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| The row of houses was demolished, causing many people to feel regret |
Hoai Nam
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