Tkalčićeva Street

Coordinates: 45°49′02″N 15°58′38″E / 45.81722°N 15.97722°E / 45.81722; 15.97722
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Tkalčićeva Street at night
Tkalčićeva Street
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Coordinates45°49′02″N 15°58′38″E / 45.81722°N 15.97722°E / 45.81722; 15.97722

Tkalčićeva Street (

2001 Croatian census, the street has 1,591 inhabitants.[2]

History

Centuries before the today's street emerged, the route of Tkalčićeva Street was covered by the

Cistercian monastery.[4] However, they were both razed during the 1898 covering of the creek.[5]

Street pianist in the Tkalčićeva street.

Although both sides of the creek had been inhabited before, the 1898 covering left a full-scale street, which was aptly named Ulica Potok (English: Creek street).

Trnje.[3] Around the middle of the 20th century it was modernized and paved with asphalt. The creek-based industry was quickly transformed into small businesses and stores[3] and the skin industry stopped working in 1938.[citation needed
]

According to several records, the transformation of Medveščak creek valley was orchestrated in 1900 by Milan Lenucci, an architect. In 1908, Viktor Kovačić displayed some of his ideas about Ulica Potok in his studies of Gornji Grad, Kaptol and other city neighborhoods. In 1913, Ulica Potok's name is changed to Tkalčićeva Street in honor of the 19th century Zagreb historian Ivan Tkalčić, who was from nearby Nova Ves.[6]

Red-light district

At the turn of the 20th century, prostitution was legal. In Zagreb it was advertised as a tourist attraction and contributed to the city's economy. Tkalčićeva Street was the main centre for brothels. At one stage, every other building was a bordello.[7] To open a brothel, the owner had to register at the town hall and received a licence. The licence required the brothel to be well run and provide a quality service. The women working in the brothels had to have a twice weekly medical examination. Brothels were not allowed to advertise their presence, but a discrete, uncommonly coloured lantern was allowed to be placed outside.[8]

The best known brothel, and most expensive, was the Kod Zelene Lampe (English: By the Green Lantern). The street's brothels continued to operate until

WW2.[8]

References

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  2. ^ "Stanovnici Grada Zagreba prema dobnim skupinama i spolu" (PDF). Republic of Croatia Bureau of Statistics (in Croatian). 2001. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d Nikšić, Dragana (11 January 2017). "Tkalčićeva Street". www.total-croatia-news.com. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b Štefanac, Maja (3 August 2017). "(FOTO) Znate li kako je Tkalča - duša starog Zagreba dobila ime?". Zagrebački List (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Tkalčićeva ulica". Monel.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
  6. ^ a b "Tkalčićeva Street". Explore Croatia. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  7. ^ dizajn, Virtus. "TKALČIĆEVA ULICA I KRVAVI MOST". www.najboljeuhrvatskoj.info (in Croatian). Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Prostitution in Croatia: Weird Facts Revealed". Croatia Times. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2018.

Further reading

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  • Szabo, Gjuro (1971). Stari Zagreb (Old Zagreb) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Spektar.
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