Pirkankatu

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Pirkankatu in Amuri, Tampere.

Pirkankatu is a busy, east–west street located in Tampere, Finland, which forms the southern border of the Amuri district. The districts of Kaakinmaa and Pyynikinrinne are located south of the street. To the east, the end of Pirkankatu is the Hämeenpuisto park, in the middle stages of which it connects to Hämeenkatu. In the west, on the border of Pispala, Pirkankatu becomes the Pispala Highway.[1][2][3][4]

Pirkankatu is one of the driveways leading to the city center, and it is one of the main routes used by Tampere public transport.[5][6] In 2021, the Tampere tramway art stop designed by sculptor Jaakko Himanen was completed on Pirkankatu, in front of Pyynikintori.[7][8] Pyynikintori is the terminus of the first stage of the tramway, from where trams run through the city center to Hervanta.[9][10]

At the eastern end of Pirkankatu is the cityscape and historically significant Pyynikki Church Park, where the landscape is dominated by the Alexander Church (1881). Across the street is the nationally significant Central Library Metso (1986), designed by architects Raili and Reima Pietilä. Most of the residential buildings on Pirkankatu are wooden houses built in the 1920s. Such is, for example, the 138-meter-long Kilometritalo (1923). The most notable of the stone apartment buildings is Veljeslinna (1952), which is part of a large, sealed city block, which is rare compared to typical Tamperean architecture.[11][12][13]

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  1. ^ "Raitiotien yleissuunnitelman tarkistus keskustakaduilla – Pirkankatu, Itsenäisyydenkatu ja Sammonkatu" (PDF). Sito Oy (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  2. ^ "Pyynikin sosiaali- ja terveysaseman tontin asemakaavoitustyöhön liittyvä liikenneselvitys" (PDF). A-Insinöörit (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Tampereen ajantasa-asemakaava". Avoindata (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. March 1, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  4. ^ "Tampereen keskustan rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö 2012" (PDF). A-Insinöörit Suunnittelu Oy (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Raitiotien yleissuunnitelman tarkistus keskustakaduilla – Pirkankatu, Itsenäisyydenkatu ja Sammonkatu, p. 15. (in Finnish)
  6. ^ Pyynikin sosiaali- ja terveysaseman tontin asemakaavoitustyöhön liittyvä liikenneselvitys, p. 5. (in Finnish)
  7. ^ "Räiskyvän värikäs taideteos valmistui Pyynikintorille – Tampereen Ratikan taidepysäkki herättää huomiota". tampereenratikka.fi (in Finnish). May 27, 2021. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Roth, Raili (September 29, 2020). "Pyynikintorin taidepysäkki erottuu taatusti Tampereen ratikkaraiteilla – Taiteilija kerää rakennusaineiksi sata vanhaa auton ikkunaa". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  9. ^ "Tampereen raitiotien vaikutusten arviointi – yhteenvetoraportti 2016" (PDF) (in Finnish). Tampere: City of Tampere. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  10. ^ Kalliosaari, Kati (November 27, 2019). "Tampereen raitiotien Hatanpään haaran rakentaminen alkaa tammikuussa – näin työt etenevät". Aamulehti (in Finnish). Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  11. ^ Tampereen keskustan rakennettu kulttuuriympäristö 2012: Liite 1 – Arvokkaat rakennetut kulttuuriympäristöt, kortti 8: Pirkankadun länsipään kaupunkimaisema; kortti 10: Sepänkadun umpikorttelit. (in Finnish)
  12. ^ Tampereen kantakaupungin rakennuskulttuuri 1998, p. 91, 122–123. (in Finnish)
  13. ^ Minkovitsch, Sari (2001). "Veljeslinna". Koskesta voimaa (in Finnish). Retrieved August 14, 2021.

Coordinates: 61°29′54.6″N 23°44′09.22″E / 61.498500°N 23.7358944°E / 61.498500; 23.7358944

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