Pekshena Street ( Latvian: Pēkšēna iela ) is a street in the Vidzeme suburb of Riga , in the Teika microdistrict. It starts from the intersection with Aizkraukles Street , crosses Bayaru Street , and then ends in a dead end. It does not intersect with other streets.
| Pekshen Street | |
|---|---|
| Pēkšēna iela | |
 View from the intersection with Bayaru street | |
| general information | |
| A country | |
| City | Riga |
| Area | Vidzeme suburb |
| Historical district | Teika |
| Length | |
| Name in honor | |
It has asphalt throughout. The total length of the street is 506 meters [1] . Public transport does not run along the street.
The development is mostly private, low-rise, developed since the 1930s.
History
Pekshena Street was laid during the construction of the residential area, now known as Teika . The name was given in 1929 in honor of the Latvian architect Konstantin Pekshens (1859-1928) [2] . There were no renamed streets [3] .
Notable Buildings
- Residential buildings No. 3 (built in 1933), No. 11 (built in 1939) and No. 27 (1937) are protected monuments of local architecture [4] .
Notes
- ↑ Rīgas ielu pamatlielumi (Latvian) (xls). Open data . Riga City Council (January 1, 2016). Date of treatment August 15, 2016.
- ↑ Pekshensa street // Riga: Encyclopedia = Enciklopēdija “Riga” / chap. ed. P.P. Eran. - Riga: Main Edition of Encyclopedias , 1989. - S. 543. - 880 p. - 60,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89960-002-0 .
- ↑ Original street names of Riga
- ↑ List of cultural monuments of Latvia // mantojums.lv (Latvian)