What's in a Prague street name

Lopatecká was built in 1929.

Once upon a time, there was a homestead where the street is now. Its name was Lopatecká.

In the 1920s, a modernist villa was built on the spot where the homestead had stood (at number seven). It was designed by the architect Eduard Hnilička.

I’d love to talk about who it was built for, but that’s either a day 130 or a day 131 kind of story.

I’m less inclined to talk about whoever was owning it in 2009, because they submitted an application for the house to be demolished. Not only was this rejected, but that application really didn’t work out – since 2011, number 7 has been a listed building.

You might have seen one of Hnilička’s works in a more central part of Prague, namely the YMCA building on here: https://whatsinapraguestreetname.com/2024/11/10/prague-1-day-272-na-porici/.