“Dying” street in central Yerevan
The demolished homes, useless items and trash on Byuzand Street remind one of a construction site or a junkyard.
This street, which is used for state needs, has been like this for the past six years.
"I feel pain when I pass by this street. I try not to pass at night because there are no lights and dogs are lurking around everywhere," Edward Avagyan told "A1+".
Karine Avagyan says she is forced to pass by this street since it helps her get to work faster. "I hope this street will be renovated someday."
In 2002, the government decided to recognize Buzand Street as a sale zone, and construction was supposed to have finished in 2007.
President of "Victims of State Needs" NGO Sedrak Baghdasaryan feels pain as he passes by this street every time. He was born and lived on this street, but he was thrown out of his home in 2005. Sedrak Baghdasaryan says he doesn't understand why the residents of central Yerevan were thrown out of their homes for state needs when the street turned into a junkyard after that.
The home in which People's Artist of the former USSR Suren Kocharyan used to live is located on Byuzand Street and is on the verge of collapse. The only things remaining are the walls. The tiled stones are numbered, and it is foreseen to build a new building in its place.
Those numbered stones are gradually deteriorating.
"This is barbarous treatment toward historical and cultural buildings. The building has already lost its historical-cultural value," said President of the "Victims of State Needs" NGO Sedrak Baghdasaryan.
