Lost building or monument · 1944
Harju Street's missing side
Harju Street was one of Tallinn's oldest streets of merchants and craftsmen, and by the 1920s a main shopping district, with cafés, the Amor cinema and the Golden Lion hotel. In the March 1944 bombing most of its buildings were destroyed. The even-numbered houses on the Toompea side were damaged and then pulled down. The ruins were cleared by 1948 and parks were laid out in their place. The Toompea side between Müürivahe and Kullassepa streets has never been rebuilt. In 2007 the small Trepi Street and the Needle's Eye Gate were restored here as a memorial to the people and buildings lost that night. In winter the gap holds a skating rink.
Open it on the map See the spot on the old maps and as it is today
Eesti keeles
Harju tänav oli Tallinna üks vanimaid kaupmeeste ja käsitööliste tänavaid ning 1920. aastateks tähtis äripiirkond, kus olid kohvikud, kino Amor ja hotell Kuld Lõvi. 1944. aasta märtsipommitamises hävis suurem osa selle hoonestusest. Toompea-poolse külje paarisnumbritega majad said kahjustada ja lammutati. Varemed koristati 1948. aastaks ning nende asemele rajati pargid. Tänava Toompea-poolne külg Müürivahe ja Kullassepa tänava vahel on siiani hoonestamata. 2007. aastal taastati siin Trepi tänav ja Nõelasilma värav mälestusena märtsipommitamises hukkunud inimestele ja hävinud hoonetele. Talviti on tühimikus liuväli.