What's in a Prague street name

Nad Ondřejovem was named in 1935.

In the 1920s, Prague experienced unprecedented growth. For example, Podolí, which had had 4,048 inhabitants in 1910, had 8,097 in 1930, i.e. its population was exactly twice as much, plus one extra person, as it had been twenty years earlier.

This kind of population growth meant additional housing was needed, which resulted in emergency buildings being built in what became known as ‘nouzové kolonie’ – emergency colonies.

One such colony was build round here, and its name was Ondřejov, or Ondřejovská kolonie. It’s not easy to find much information about it, other than that it was built in the 1920s, but it must be have been pretty significant – it gave its name to at least two further streets.

The street hasn’t had the best publicity in recent years – most of what you will find online refers to this squat: https://archiv.prahatv.eu/zpravy/praha/praha/18918/ondrejovsky-squat-speje-ke-svemu-zdarnemu-konci. But there’s been very little reporting on whether the work done in 2023 has led to any improvements.