Grünerløkka (residential area)

Park in Markveien, Norway

Grünerløkka, residential and industrial area in the Grünerløkka quarter east of Akerselva between Sannerbrua and Nybrua. Named after the Grüner family. Friedrich Grüner (1628-74) purchased Nedre Foss Mølle (Grüner’s Mill) with ‘Kongens Mølle’ from the Crown in1672. The family operated the mill until 1758, when Judge Poul Nielsen became its owner. The Grüner family, however, bought back the property in 1802. The expansion of the city which brought Grünerløkka in under Christiania in 1858, and which imposed the obligation to build in brick or stone, was anticipated. Hans Grüner (1827-87) started the parcelling-out of plots, and it was the imminent expansion of the city which accelerated this process. In the 1850s, there was hectic building activity which created a small suburb of wooden houses between Torvbakkgataand Nordre gate, known as NyYorkbecause of the American tempo of the development. Very little of this has survived and it is now regarded as worth preserving, but at the time it gave rise to concern, because no conditions were imposed on the development. This was very much the case for the flat land which the wholesaler Thorvald Meyer purchased in 1861. Meyer paid for the development of the street which was named after him, and gave plots of land for the establishing of parks, schools and a church to the local authority free of charge. Meyer maintained control over the e

Type:
Park

Where:
Markveien, Norway

Coordinates:
59.93°N, 10.76°E

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