The Better The Coffee, The Longer The Queue
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Project by Nina Todorovic & Predrag Terzic This project was conceived as a mapping of coffee shops in the Savamala area, as well as in the neighboring, and in this case, inseparable areas - VaroÅ” kapija and Zeleni venac, which in the past have represented very important part of the already bustling city in development. Since the entire part from Sarajevska to Karadjordjeva street became the new shopping center in the history and construction of Belgrade, coffee shops, popular kafanas were the meeting place of diverse population that left its mark and impact on Savamala in that period. Over time, much of the historic coffee shops, such are Zlatna moruna, Äokot, Deligrad, Kragujevac, Venecija, Liman, Bosna, KiÄevo, Zlatna laÄa, KraljeviÄ Marko and many others, have been removed from the map. Project The better the coffee, the longer the queue, besides mapping of the sites of historical importance and marking locations of the old coffee shops, is trying to discover what is situated now in that area, what kind of objects, as well as their contemporary meaning and significance in Savamala. When you look back through history, Savamala embodied the specific spirit, not only as a border area between the two empires ( Austro -Hungarian and Ottoman ), but also a place of great importance for the growing Belgrade. Over time, the direction of expansion of the city has changed, there has been a historical, structural displacement, so what remained of Savamala and her previous commercial and historical importance are just few signs, which today are changing and giving everything a new form, and also a different interpretation. In other words, Savamala is still an area that is recognized as a place of great cultural significance and meeting place for cultural and artistic events, and the roots of that were clearly visible in the first coffee shops of old Belgrade. - Projekat je zamiÅ”ljen kao mapiranje kafana na prostoru Savamale, ali i na susednim, a u ovom sluÄaju neodvojivim prostorima - VaroÅ” kapije i Zelenog venca, koji su se u proÅ”losti nametnuli kao važan deo tada veÄ Å¾ivahne ÄarÅ”ije u razvitku. BuduÄi da je ceo potez od Sarajevske do KaraÄorÄeve ulice postao novi trgovaÄki centar, tokom istorije i izgradnje Beograda, kafane su bile steciÅ”te raznolike populacije koja je ostavljala trag i uticaj na oblast tadaÅ”nje Savamale. Tokom vremena, veÄi deo istorijskih kafana, kao Å”to su Zlatna moruna, Äokot, Deligrad, Kragujevac, Venecija, Liman, Bosna, KiÄevo, Zlatna laÄa, KraljeviÄ Marko ali i mnoge druge, su izbrisane sa mape. Projekat Kafa dobra, red dugaÄak, osim mapiranja mesta od istorijske važnosti i obeležavanja lokacija starih kafana, pokuÅ”ava da sagleda Å”ta se sada nalazi na tim prostorima, kakvi objekti, kao i njihovo danaÅ”nje znaÄenje na prostoru Savamale. Kada se pogleda unazad, kroz istoriju, Savamala je odisala duhom ne samo kao graniÄni pojas izmeÄu dve imperije (Austro-Ugarska i Otomanska), veÄ i kao mesto od izuzetnog znaÄaja za narastajuÄi Beograd. Tokom vremena smer Å”irenja grada se menjao, doÅ”lo je do istorijskih, strukturalnih izmeÅ”tanja, tako da su od Savamale i njenog prethodnog trgovaÄko-istorijskog znaÄaja ostali samo tragovi, koji u danaÅ”njem vremenu menjaju, i prostoru daju jedan novi oblik, ujedno i drugaÄije Äitanje. Drugim reÄima, Savamala je danas prostor koji je prepoznat kao mesto od izuzetnog kulturnog znaÄaja i steciÅ”te kulturno-umetniÄkih deÅ”avanja, a koreni toga bili su jasno vidljivi u prvim kafanama i kafanskom životu starog Beograda.
