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Parks, Gardens
Excluding the large city parks, there are few public spaces in Budapest that citizens really feel their own, and can fully enjoyed. Corvin Promenade will be the manifestation of a new kind of thinking regarding the utility of public spaces within the urban framework. Open, foliage-infused spaces with progressive design approaches will be most characteristic of these new places.
The promenade will be a car-free zone. Both noise levels will be lower and air quality better than what is unfortunately the norm otherwise in such dense urban areas. This is due, on the one hand, to the low speed limit enforced in the cross-streets, and on the other hand, to the marked increase in vegetation coverage.
Gardens
- The majority of the buildings will be built around green interior gardens – further improving the ratio of green areas to buildings. These quiet little havens are key features in making life balanced in this densely populated part of the urban fabric.
Parks in the District
- Botanical Gardens: only minutes away from Corvin Promenade, this small park and its historical buildings have been a source of pride for the locals and the city alike since 1771. This protected area is home to 7,000 different species from the tropics. The arboretum section displays 800 trees and bushes, which make a visit here very pleasant even outside their lengthy period of flowering.
- Orczy Garden, only a short walk away from Corvin Promenade, is a 200-year old park, which was built according to the design of magnificent English gardens of the times. It is one of the larger public parks in the capital, and its reconstruction is planned for 2010 by the local Municipality and City Government, as part of the Podmaniczky Program (currently running, large scale city-wide infrastructure improvement). The Garden is home of Bárka Theater, and since 1995, the expanding National Museum of Natural Sciences.
