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Athinas Street () is a street in downtown
The road was first paved in the late-19th century. Modernistic buildings were added in the 1950s to the north and later, street lights and traffic lights were posted at the used intersections including Ermou, Evrypidou, Sofokleous and Lykourgos. In the 1990s, smaller lampposts were posted and the northern section along with Omonoia was under reconstruction and a section became a walkway, pedestrian traffic lights were added with full access to the Omonia metro station.
Athens
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in Greece
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. It is named after Athena
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, the goddess
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of wisdom
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. The street runs from Ermou Street north to Omonoia Square
Omonoia Square (, ''Plateía Omonoías'', , "Concord Square", often simply referred to as ''Omónoia'' ) is a central square in Athens. Forming the centre of Omonoia. It marks the northern corner of the downtown area defined by the city plans of ...
through the Psiri
Psyri or Psiri or Psyrri or Psirri ( or Ψυρρή,Probably derived from Ψυρής "inhabitant of Psara" (formerly known as Psyra or Psyrii). ) is a gentrified neighbourhood in Athens, Greece, today known for its restaurants, bars, live music t ...
neighborhood. Its total length is nearly 1 km of which 80 m is a walkway since 1999. Until 1999, it used to access with Omonoia Square, now motorists can now access it via Lykourgos Street east to Aiolou and 28 Oktovriou (Patissi) Street and other streets. North of Lykourgos is a pedestrian walkway. It has two lanes of traffic and room for curb parking.
Famous buildings includes the Athens City Hall
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on the west side and office towers northward. The Modern Agora is east of Athinas Street. Kotzia Square
Kotzia Square () is a square in central Athens, Greece. The square retains several characteristics of 19th-century local neoclassical architecture, such as the City Hall of the Municipality of Athens and the National Bank of Greece Cultural Cent ...
lies to the east with Karamanou Square also on the east. Shops and residential buildings lies to the south with neo-classical buildings. In the middle of Athinas street is the Varvakeios municipal market. The oldest market in Athens The rest of the architecture except for the city hall and square are modernistic. Metro Line 1 runs underneath Athinas street for its entire length.
In June 2008, the Mayor of Athens, Nikitas Kaklamanis, ordered the street pedestrianised. The street will be closed to most traffic and emphasis will be given to making it one of Athens' greenest streets.
History
The road was first paved in the late-19th century. Modernistic buildings were added in the 1950s to the north and later, street lights and traffic lights were posted at the used intersections including Ermou, Evrypidou, Sofokleous and Lykourgos. In the 1990s, smaller lampposts were posted and the northern section along with Omonoia was under reconstruction and a section became a walkway, pedestrian traffic lights were added with full access to the Omonia metro station.
Intersections
In order from south to north * Ermou Street *Agiis Eirinis Street - east *Voreou Street - east *Protogenous Street - west *Vyssis Street - east *Pallados Street - west *Vlachava Street - east *Evrypidou Street *Aristogenous Street *Armodiou Street * Sofokleous Street *Kratinou Street - east *Kotzia Square
Kotzia Square () is a square in central Athens, Greece. The square retains several characteristics of 19th-century local neoclassical architecture, such as the City Hall of the Municipality of Athens and the National Bank of Greece Cultural Cent ...
*Efpolidos Street - east
*Lykourgos Street - east
*Omonoia Square
Omonoia Square (, ''Plateía Omonoías'', , "Concord Square", often simply referred to as ''Omónoia'' ) is a central square in Athens. Forming the centre of Omonoia. It marks the northern corner of the downtown area defined by the city plans of ...
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