{"id":4073,"date":"2025-08-02T22:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/?p=4073"},"modified":"2025-08-02T22:52:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:52:10","slug":"piata-unirii-unde-timpul-s-a-oprit-dar-nu-in-sens-romantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/piata-unirii-unde-timpul-s-a-oprit-dar-nu-in-sens-romantic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pia\u021ba Unirii. Unde timpul s-a oprit, dar nu \u00een sens romantic."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Plimb\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 ast\u0103zi prin ora\u0219, m-a lovit o amintire de pe vremea c\u00e2nd eram june proasp\u0103t ie\u0219it din cuibul p\u0103rintesc. Afl\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 \u00een acele zile de \u00eenceput \u00een metropol\u0103, consideram c\u0103 toate ora\u0219ele mari aveau o Pia\u021b\u0103 Central\u0103. A\u0219a c\u0103, ce-am zis? Unde scrie “Unirii”, acolo trebuie s\u0103 fie centrul. Simplu. Curat. Geometrie sufleteasc\u0103. O naivitate care, retrospectiv, mi se pare aproape dr\u0103g\u0103la\u0219\u0103.<\/div>\n
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Pia\u021ba Unirii, acest fel de Madison Square d\u00e2mbovi\u021bean, are totu\u0219i o istorie interesant\u0103, dac\u0103 scormone\u0219ti pu\u021bin sub praful de pe str\u0103zi. \u00cenainte de comunism, zona vibra: aici erau case elegante, Hala Central\u0103, Hala de pe\u0219te, \u0219i dou\u0103 biserici la vedere. Apoi a venit epoca demolatoare, iar Ceau\u0219escu, \u00eentr-un acces de megalomanie tipic, a nivelat tot. Bisericile? Translate \u0219i ascunse dup\u0103 blocuri. Magazinele? Rase (am aflat cu triste\u021be de magazinul DoReMi care se afla vizavi de Cocor). Via\u021ba? M\u0103turat\u0103 ca ni\u0219te coji de semin\u021be de pe trotuar.<\/div>\n
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\u00cen locul lor au r\u0103s\u0103rit blocuri \u0219i s-a extins Magazinul Unirea cu dou\u0103 aripi. Magazinul era c\u00e2ndva un simbol al modernit\u0103\u021bii socialiste, azi un “mall” fantom\u0103 care pare s\u0103 supravie\u021buiasc\u0103 doar din patriotismul corporatist al McDonald\u2019s-ului. \u0218i ce frumos i-a spus tovar\u0103\u0219ul Iliescu la inaugurarea din ’95: \u201eunitate de deservire a popula\u021biei\u201d. Nimic nu sun\u0103 mai apetisant dec\u00e2t un burger servit \u00een logica planului cincinal.<\/div>\n
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Azi, magazinul e gol, cum e \u0219i spiritul urbanistic al pie\u021bei. Pe partea cealalt\u0103, simetrie: covrig\u0103rii, shaormerii \u0219i dou\u0103-trei magazine \u00een care intri doar ca s\u0103-\u021bi aduci aminte c\u0103 n-ai nevoie de nimic. \u00centre ele, o mare \u00eentindere de nimic: un parc care n-are rost, alei care nu duc nic\u0103ieri, iar mirosul.. O combina\u021bie de urin\u0103 vintage, ambalaje fermentate \u0219i resemnare urban\u0103.<\/div>\n
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C\u00e2t despre traficul pietonal.. este o glum\u0103 proast\u0103. \u00ce\u021bi trebuie un pic de antrenament militar s\u0103 traversezi legal dintr-un col\u021b \u00een altul: 10 minute, dac\u0103 nu te ia somnul la semafor. Ma\u0219inile? S\u0103racele, nici ele nu mai \u0219tiu pe unde s-o apuce, c\u0103ci plan\u0219eul (acea mare lucrare f\u0103r\u0103 \u00eenceput, dar cu sf\u00e2r\u0219it \u00eendep\u0103rtat) a blocat \u0219i logica, nu doar drumurile.<\/div>\n
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A\u0219a c\u0103, strecur\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 azi printre jaloane, gropi \u0219i ambi\u021bii uitate, mi-a devenit limpede: Pia\u021ba Unirii nu e centru, nu e inim\u0103, e doar o hernie urban\u0103, ignorat\u0103, dureroas\u0103 \u0219i imposibil de operat. Iar eu, vis\u0103torul de alt\u0103dat\u0103, am crezut c-o s\u0103 g\u0103sesc aici pulsul ora\u0219ului c\u00e2nd, de fapt, singurul lucru care bate la Unirii e curentul.<\/div>\n
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P.S. Pentru cei care \u00eenc\u0103 mai caut\u0103 centrul real al capitalei: kilometrul 0 al Bucure\u0219tiului se afl\u0103, de fapt, \u00een Pia\u021ba Sf\u00e2ntul Gheorghe, \u00eentre Unirii \u0219i Universitate. Da, fix acolo, unde face bucl\u0103 tramvaiul. Practic, ora\u0219ul porne\u0219te oficial dintr-un col\u021b \u00een care n-ai opri nici s\u0103-\u021bi legi \u0219iretul.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plimb\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 ast\u0103zi prin ora\u0219, m-a lovit o amintire de pe vremea c\u00e2nd eram june proasp\u0103t ie\u0219it din cuibul p\u0103rintesc. Afl\u00e2ndu-m\u0103 \u00een acele zile de \u00eenceput \u00een metropol\u0103, consideram c\u0103 toate ora\u0219ele mari aveau o Pia\u021b\u0103 Central\u0103. A\u0219a c\u0103, ce-am zis? Unde scrie “Unirii”, acolo trebuie s\u0103 fie centrul. Simplu. Curat. Geometrie sufleteasc\u0103. O naivitate care, retrospectiv, mi se pare aproape dr\u0103g\u0103la\u0219\u0103.   Pia\u021ba Unirii, acest fel de Madison Square d\u00e2mbovi\u021bean, are totu\u0219i o istorie interesant\u0103, dac\u0103 scormone\u0219ti pu\u021bin sub praful de pe str\u0103zi. \u00cenainte de comunism, zona vibra: aici erau case elegante, Hala Central\u0103, Hala de pe\u0219te, \u0219i dou\u0103 biserici la vedere. Apoi a venit epoca demolatoare, iar Ceau\u0219escu, \u00eentr-un acces de megalomanie tipic, a nivelat tot. Bisericile? Translate \u0219i ascunse dup\u0103 blocuri. Magazinele? Rase (am aflat cu triste\u021be de magazinul DoReMi care se afla vizavi de Cocor). Via\u021ba? M\u0103turat\u0103 ca ni\u0219te coji de semin\u021be de pe trotuar.   \u00cen locul lor au r\u0103s\u0103rit blocuri \u0219i s-a extins Magazinul Unirea cu dou\u0103 aripi. Magazinul era c\u00e2ndva un simbol al modernit\u0103\u021bii socialiste, azi un “mall” fantom\u0103 care pare s\u0103 supravie\u021buiasc\u0103 doar din patriotismul corporatist al McDonald\u2019s-ului. \u0218i ce frumos i-a spus tovar\u0103\u0219ul Iliescu la inaugurarea din ’95: \u201eunitate de deservire a … <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1093],"tags":[183,1220,1094,222],"class_list":["post-4073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scrieri","tag-bucuresti","tag-piata-unirii","tag-scrieri","tag-unirii"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4074,"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4073\/revisions\/4074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/andreineagu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}