Reference code: BUC_HOTEL_00021Title: Hotel Athénée Palace during modernization worksPhotographer: unknownDate: c. 1937-1938Physical description: reproduction of a photographDimensions: 6,1 x 7,6 cmNotes: Conservation status: Technique: black and white film negativeLocation: BucharestComments: The Athénée Palace Hotel was built between 1912-1914 according to the plans of the French architect Théophile Bradeau. Between 1935-1937 it was modernized by the architect Duiliu Marcu. It was damaged by Allied bombing in the spring of 1944 but was restored in 1945 according to the plans of the same architect, Duiliu Marcu.Digitization: Serioja Bocsok, Larisa SitarKeywords: urban, architecture, hotel, Calea Victoriei, Athenaeum garden, advertisements, cars, passersby, men, women, urban costume, King Ferdinand I statue by Oscar HanRelated images: Legal rights: Collection of Mihai and Anca Oroveanu