Apartment Building 63
Apartment Building 63, also called Commune 63 (Romanian Comuna 63) is an
apartment building located in the Dristor neighbourhood in the south-eastern part of Bucharest (Sectorul 3) and it is the largest single residential building in Romania[1] with a total of 950 one-room apartments, and holding just over 1,600 residents,[2] although up to 2,500 people may be living there.[1] The building is nicknamed the commune because of the large number of apartments that could house an entire village or commune, and because of the long corridors that stretch from one end of the building to the other and resemble a long country road.[2] The apartment building has four staircases of 10 floors each and is built in the shape of a giant Z with an extension in the southern part of the structure.[2] It is located near the Dristor metro station, a major node of the Bucharest Metro's railway network.[2]
History
Apartment Building 63 was finished and opened in 1963 and was first intended to be inhabited by officers of the
communist perspective. Another four sister buildings, built in the same year, are scattered across the eastern part of Bucharest; one of them is near Mihai Bravu Avenue, called Block P10 on Oborul Nou Street, and another one is called Block M31, located on Aleea Barajul Bicaz.[2]
References
- ^ a b Dobrescu, Petre (January 23, 2007). "Aici locuiesc 2.500 de oameni!". Libertatea (in Romanian). Retrieved December 26, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g Cobuz, Dorian (2006-08-31). "Ia-ți Bucureștii... Blocul-mamut, "Comuna 63"" (in Romanian). Jurnalul Național. Retrieved 2023-12-26.