Groups, Spaces Budapest: AK 57 – Mayhem Central, squatters headquarters, anarchist center of operations
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1074 Budapest, Dohány utca 57, door-bell 128
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The single most salient feature of the urban environment in Budapest, even for a visitor making their way through the city for the first time in fifteen years, is the number of abandoned or vacant buildings. In the city center alone, on our first evening’s walk from one bar to the next, we counted fourteen vacant multi-story buildings over less than 20 blocks. There were many more walks to and from many more bars over the next few evenings, and it became impossible to keep count. And almost all the pubs we ended our evenings in were set up in the courtyards of abandoned buildings; surrounded by trees, ivy-covered walls and hundreds of laid-back patrons, it was impossible not to wonder about the four stories of windows above us, vacated, in many cases, years ago. One was a former school with dozens of classrooms; a former bank, or ministry, factory or apartment building. (more…)
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