#panepistimiou

[braziliana13]

Earlier in Athens 📍 | #cloudyday #downtown #Greece #Athens #academyofathens #click #picoftheday📷 #building #greekbuilding #architectures #greekarchitectures #touristplaces #visit_greece #visit_athens #attica #shadows #windows #ancientstyle #Αθήνα #panepistimiou #streetphotography #urban #urbanphoto #city #citysights #worthvisiting #place (στην τοποθεσία Academy of Athens) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoRJM-5Cmi9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=8bf97h0rmr7f

[yannisdrakoulidis]

from the athens series (2010 I think it was)

[vorini]

#graffitiart #graffiti #streetartist #streetart #panepistimiou #athens_city #athensgreece (at Panepistimiou Street) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiesWcQL8cG/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[elladastinkardiamou]

Athens mayor to revamp Syntagma Square, Panepistimiou Avenue again

Athens mayor Kostas Bakoyannis said that a project to revamp the lower, commercial end of Syntagma Square in downtown Athens is expected to

"On social media, Greeks propose that someone give the Athens Mayor a Lego set to spend his time and have fun at a low cost."

[elladastinkardiamou]

Athens Great Walk didn’t walk : Municipality gives back to traffic one lane

The Great Walk of Athens did not age well. Six weeks after its implementation that triggered the outrage of thousands of commuters each and every day, at least twice per day, the Athens Municipality decided to give back to traffic one more lane on crucial Panepistimiou Avenue.

A relevant vote took place on Monday upon proposal of the Mayor, Costas Bakoyannis, and with the support of another fraction that had demanded the free lane. The proposal was accepted with 30 votes, and 11 against it.

The so-called “interim measures” of the Great Walk to contain the spread of the coronavirus – as the joint ministerial decision claimed – end on August 21, 2020.

To make the long bureaucratic story short: Two traffic lanes of Panepistimiou Avenue were blocked for pedestrians and bicyclists, vehicles and public transport means had to squeezed in just three lanes on one of the most busy streets in downtown Athens, thus creating endless traffic jams in the whole city center and beyond.

[elladastinkardiamou]

Reckless planning turns Athens into Legoland with withered flowers

Huge flower boxes made of metal sheet are boiling under the hot summer sun and plants are dying out already two days after they were installed to decorate one of the main avenues in Athens, Panepistimiou street. The installation of the flower boxes is the latest intervention in the context of the Athens Great Walk. With every intervention to confirm that the project quickly moves from one fiasco to the next, due to reckless planning and thus at a very high cost.

22 flower boxes 300x300x100 with sharp corners at €540 each, a little less than the net minimum wage ..

They have been installed since Thursday between the zones for pedestrians and bicyclists and the lanes left for vehicles.

The tin boxes that mirror and shine under the hot Greek sun are supposed to beautify Panepistimioy Avenue between Voukourestiou and Ippokratous streets, a space of less 500 meters.

Right after their installation, a storm of reaction was triggered on social media mainly about the cost and the material they are made of. With temperatures around 35 degrees Celsius, that plants started already to dry out a day later after the installation.

“Hey, nephew*, since you put the tin canisters that we paid for in gold, couldn’t you arrange some water for the unfortunate oleanders? They withered, don’t you have pity on them?” wrote one social media user. Athens Mayor Costas Bakogiannis is a nephew of the Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

[ignaciogallego]

#EthnikíVivliothíki #EthnikíVivliothíkiThisElládos #NationalLibraryofGreece #GreekNationalLibrary #Panepistimiou #Athens #Athína #Greece #Hellas🇬🇷 #TheophilHansenTrilogy #TheophilHansenArchitect (en Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος) https://www.instagram.com/p/B71JU8ZpRKF/?igshid=1qoz7m4f881nw

[ignaciogallego]

#AkadimíaAthinón #AcademyofAthens #GreekNationalAcademy #Panepistimiou #Athens #Athína #Greece #Hellas🇬🇷 #TheophilHansenTrilogy #TheophilHansenArchitect (en Academy of Athens) https://www.instagram.com/p/B71IoStpWHE/?igshid=l9jl62w4ww3q