Palace of Telephones
Art Deco steel-frame tower, the first skyscraper in the country, raised on a former literary beer garden.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Palace of Telephones in Bucharest is about what stood on this corner of Calea Victoriei before the steel went up: a garden terrace of coffee, beer and summer theatre under the chestnut trees. You'll meet the family whose houses became a salon, the entrepreneur who opened the terrace, and the poets who made it their table, Emil Gârleanu above all. Best heard on the pavement opposite, looking up at the tower.
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