" The idea, besides removing as many vestiges of Communist rule as possible, is to create a concrete expression of the nationalism [Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orban's] governing party espouses. [...]

“These projects, when lumped together, probably constitute the biggest such concentrated architectural project in Budapest in 100 years,” [...]

“He is trying to take the existing city and put it back to the shape it had before 1944...The park is a victim of this whole political machinery.” — nytimes.com

Source: archinect.com

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