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AV<strong>EN</strong>UE ANDRÁSSY<br />
B<br />
udapest city centre was linked<br />
with the outlying areas and<br />
the City Park by the narrow<br />
tracked Király Street until the<br />
19th century. Increased traffic<br />
demanded that part of the traffic<br />
in the overcrowded Király Street<br />
be diverted. In order to remedy<br />
the problem, then prime minister<br />
Count Gyula Andrássy Sr., proposed<br />
the construction of a new<br />
avenue and building work was<br />
commenced in 1871.<br />
In order to construct road, numerous residential buildings had to be demolished (the homes of close to<br />
ten thousand people were knocked down). New buildings were therefore also featured in the construction<br />
plans . Meanwhile the plan for building another road came to the fore, namely the Grand Boulevard<br />
project. The two new broad roads met at the Octogon, still a gaping pit at the time.<br />
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