Sistematizarea şi dezvoltarea oraşului Târgu-Mureş în timpul primariatelor lui Emil A. Dandea (1922–1926, 1934–1937)
The Urban Planning and Development of Târgu-Mureș During the Period of the Mandates of the Mayor Emil A. Dandea (1922–1926, 1934–1937)

Summary/Abstract: The fourth Romanian Mayor of Târgu-Mureş, from a number of thirteenth that had administrated the town between the two World Wars, has detained two legislatures (1922–1926, 1934–1937), managing the town for a period of almost 7 years. In 1923, among the fourth big urban public problems that were on the agenda of the municipal administrator (mainly the introduction of the natural gas, finishing the enlargement of the electrical plant, provision of the drinking water), an important place was occupied by the project of urban planning and town’s enlargement. The approaches made by Dandea, starting with 1923, for developing a project for urban planning and town enlargement, even before issuing a law on this matter, were regarding only the general framework of a future development of the town. After the familiarization with the town’s realities, the first approach of Emil A. Dandea was to establish, in a certain order of priorities, the locations for: cemeteries, a cattle market, a country market and a weekly one, a corresponding sports arena, a hospital for patients suffering of tuberculosis, a public bath, Orthodox and the Greek-Catholic churches, for a theatre, a working colony with the purpose of developing the town’s gas network, a cinema, a hotel, a surgery sanatorium, etc. A significant preoccupation of the municipal administrator was to solve the crisis of building. After analyzing the examples from abroad, the adequate solution for solving this thing was, in his opinion, to found societies for building cheap houses, to which the municipality could contribute with 55% of the necessary capital. Therefore, the Anonymous Society, “Căminul Familiar”, was founded in Târgu-Mureş. Starting from this reality, the Mayor Emil A. Dandea had in mind to assure new allotments for houses, by preparing the built-up terrains which had remained in the property of the town or by putting together the expropriated properties, to open new streets, to reorganize some built low density area, to assure the utilities of first necessity etc. In 1929, depending on the number of chamber at 100 buildings, the municipality of Târgu-Mureş was on the 4th place at national level, having been outranked only by Bucharest, Timişoara, Constanţa, and having reached a tie with Satu Mare. Out of 7,833 building permits, released between the years 1923–1940, 3,359 (42,9%) were issued during the administration of Dandea, showing his sustained efforts in realizing a healthy building fund, fitted with all the components of urban civilization. The accomplishments of Mayor Emil A. Dandea are especially laudable as they took place in a difficult period of the Romanian economy, mainly the period of recovery after World War I and the Economic Crisis in 1929–1933.Keywords: .

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