Planning Capital Cities

Designing Sofia’s city core in the context of the changing ideological paradigm 1945-1989

Fig. 14
The Vitosha Boulevard in the
1960s, turned into a pedestrian
zone in 1985, is a prolongation
of the antique Cardo and is of
decisive importance for the
southward extension of the city
center. (Archive Doytchinov)

Fig. 15

The Vitosha Boulevard as a

pedestrian zone. (Ganchev)