45°45′59″N 21°15′33″E / 45.7664358°N 21.2592104°E Modern is a district in eastern Timișoara.[1] It was built between 1970–1990.[2] The name comes from the former Filt shoe factory, renamed Modern after nationalization.[3] The company ceased its activity after 1990, and the factory was demolished for the construction of a third mall in Timișoara – Timișoara Plaza;[4] the Israeli group Plaza Centers eventually gave up on the project.[5]
Transport edit
Public transport is provided by bus lines E4, E4B, M27, M30 and M35, tram line 1 and 2 and trolleybus line 11 and M11.
References edit
- ^ "Hotărârea 195/16.09.2003 privind constituirea Consiliilor Consultative de Cartier". Timișoara HCL.
- ^ "Fiecare cartier cu povestea numelui său, la Timișoara! Al tău știi de unde se trage?". Opinia Timișoarei. 4 March 2017.
- ^ Păun, Liana (30 November 2014). "Povestea fabricilor emblematice pentru economia bănățeană, în imagini de colecție: Guban, Elba, Dura, Filt, Fabrica de zahăr". pressalert.ro.
- ^ Both, Ștefan (17 August 2016). "Evreii care construiesc mall-ul din zona Modern din Timișoara au semnat un precontract cu Auchan, pentru hypermarketul ancoră". Adevărul.
- ^ Alecu, Bogdan (12 July 2017). "Israelienii de la Plaza Centers renunță la proiectul mallului Timișoara Plaza și au scos terenul la vânzare". Ziarul Financiar.
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