#Shop #Prague (Praha) #1938
Národní třída 59/30
110 00
Prague (Praha),
Czechia
Public transport: Národní třída / Můstek
Access: Public building, free entry during working hours
Today's use: gallery
Description
The shop was rebuilt in 1938, while the rest of the house remained in Art Nouveau style. The overall impression of the shop windows and their chrome frames have been preserved up to the present day. The former opaxite panes were replaced by white glass. The chrome look continues on the entrance door to the house. A beautiful detail at the shop entrance is a left turn arrow designed as a mosaic to ensure that the path leads directly into the shop.
Even if the shop is not used as a book shop anymore, it is a pity, that that Zelenka's illuminated advertisement of the bookworm is no longer attached to the shop.
Description
The shop was rebuilt in 1938, while the rest of the house remained in Art Nouveau style. The overall impression of the shop windows and their chrome frames have been preserved up to the present day. The former opaxite panes were replaced by white glass. The chrome look continues on the entrance door to the house. A beautiful detail at the shop entrance is a left turn arrow designed as a mosaic to ensure that the path leads directly into the shop.
Even if the shop is not used as a book shop anymore, it is a pity, that that Zelenka's illuminated advertisement of the bookworm is no longer attached to the shop.
History
The very successful Vilímek publishing house had its bookshop (Vilímkovo knihkupectví) extensively rebuilt in 1938. The location in this street was, and to some extent still is, one of the best in Prague.
Today, the shop houses the Václav Spála Gallery (Galerie Václava Spály).
History
The very successful Vilímek publishing house had its bookshop (Vilímkovo knihkupectví) extensively rebuilt in 1938. The location in this street was, and to some extent still is, one of the best in Prague.
Today, the shop houses the Václav Spála Gallery (Galerie Václava Spály).
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