What's in a Prague street name

Družstevní ochoz was built in 1941, and has an excellent shape.

‘Družstevní’ is the adjective deriving from ‘družstvo’, which means ‘cooperative’.

Everything within that circle of sorts consists of residential homes built by cooperatives.

‘Ochoz’, meanwhile, would translate as ‘gallery’, but not in the art sense: it’s a ‘a space allowing longitudinal passage through walls’.

So, for example, a ‘hradební ochoz’ would be a chemin de ronde, or a ‘wall-walk’, a raised walkway behind a castle battlement.

Meanwhile, a ‘chórový ochoz’ would be an ambulatory – a covered passage around a cloister, or the processional way on the eastern side of a cathedral, going behind the altar.

‘Ochoz’ can also refer to the stands or terrace in a stadium. And we’ll be spending quite a lot of time inside this ‘stadium’ of residential buildings in the next week or two.