So here we go with yeat another Vilnius construction update.
This is just PART 1. I will post more if we reach 2nd page :).

I hope you will enjoy it :)


First of all projects and construction in NCC (new city center).

National gallery will be reconstructed. + New 6fl building will be build near it. Works already started.
http://img181.echo.cx/img181/7984/img893918zt.jpg

Vilnius gates is rising.
http://img213.echo.cx/img213/5445/img8678filtered1bn.jpg
http://img213.echo.cx/img213/6425/img8676filtered6gv.jpg

Vyrokas almost finished section C. Three more to go.
http://img213.echo.cx/img213/3199/img8693filtered6ar.jpg
http://img168.exs.cx/img168/7080/img84397mh.jpg

Here you can see BCC2 and Vilnius gates U/C.
http://img130.echo.cx/img130/7413/img8904filtered8fe.jpg

New mixed use building in NCC.
http://img162.echo.cx/img162/1707/img87702rs.jpg
http://img162.echo.cx/img162/9937/img87684lo.jpg

Registru centras construction site.
http://img36.exs.cx/img36/9691/img84359xf.jpg

Helios tower.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/170/helios0ya.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

New highrise in Zirmunai district.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4773/img898113rm.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/5015/img898217rx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/5575/img898814oy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

On the other side of same street.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4562/img898515cd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Another new highrise in Zirmunai.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4222/img898918dv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/7391/img899012mt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

A lot of old buildings is prepared for demolishion in Siaures miestelis.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/364/img899110sh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/9744/img899319vv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

And new development in Siaures miestelis. A lot of new buildings U/C and they are still preparing space for even more.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/6795/img899514di.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/768/img899617ao.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/5688/img899910go.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4300/img900114am.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4645/img900229kz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/5976/img900317yl.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

A lot of old soviet buildings is under reconstruction in Vilnius. Here is few of them.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4301/img900916xa.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4311/img901018tj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/2505/img901314ne.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

New flats U/C.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/5940/img901417km.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/2843/img901513oz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

2x16fl. highrises U/C
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4751/img901810sr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

And still rising..
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/7602/img901912se.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/8555/img902014fi.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/737/img902312dp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/764/img902410ci.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

New development in the edge of Vilnius city.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/6643/img902611ls.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4383/img902715xt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/9739/img902911mr.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

2x23fl highrises.
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/8854/img903215zv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/6181/img903512vh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Panorama project. As you can see they almost finished to demolish old soviet buildings, soon we will see cranes here :)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/3906/img903711ze.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/7939/img903812ph.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

nice, wilnius construction is speeding..

nice, wilnius construction is speeding..

Yeah.. little by little. :)

Now that was a REAL trip!! :eek: :eek:
Thanks a lot Geex :okay:

:omg: so many apartment blocks u/c!!!!
great trip Geex, cant wait to see 2nd page :)

Thanks for this big update. :okay: Helios building looks massive, I was surprised how massive it is when I walked near it. :)

You made it pretty damn well :okay: The range of construction sites is impressively big, well done and thanks :yes:

That's a great construction-photo tour :okay:
Can't wait to see all this with my own eyes! :)

Very nice, everything looks great except this:
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/5940/img901417km.jpg

It reminds me of typical soviet commieblocks :(

Ohoho, this is impressive!!! I am pretty sure that Vilnius still builds lot more than Riga, although we speed up too.
Like that they take whole district and make everything - streets, pathways, buildings.

Thanks for update Geex:okay:
Vilnius is doing well,although you shouldn't build commieblocks anymore:)

Regarding commieblocks - everyone builds them around the world. Can you draw clear line between commieblocks and non-commieblocks. F.e. this is commieblock? (a bit terrible project, really)
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/5940/img901417km.jpg
And this one not?
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/737/img902312dp.jpg

I don't really understand what's so terrible about it:
http://img199.echo.cx/img199/1412/imgp05850sz.jpg

That photo is taken by farbrom form http://tinkle.miestai.net
The design is nothing special, simple and borring but it isn't terrible to me.

And about amount of constructions: there is a posibility that they will slow down for a moment because its been a while since the last time when some new bigger projects were accepted. (because of those new laws, etc.) These who are u/c were approved some longer time ago.

waiting for another bunch of pictures geex....:)

Thanks for the update.

http://img199.echo.cx/img199/1412/imgp05850sz.jpg
This one looks quite nice, can't wait to see how it looks when it's ready. :)

Didn`t know that there are so much development. 2x23fl highrises project looks interesting because these skyscrapers will be practically built to empty field.

Ok. I think we will not reach page two ever. So i post remaining pictures just here.

But first of all i need advice, maybe somebody had similar situation. One of my memory cards acts really weird and i can't transfer photos to my PC. But my camera still can see all the photos just fine. I now tried everything (reinstalling software etc). Still another memory card works just fine. It isn't so big deal, i will buy another one, only i had so many photos on that card :(.

So here we go with left-overs. Another part of photos is in my broken memory card.

First of all, we will move to Zverynas district.
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/6567/1map2pv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

^ You can see work's at Panorama building site in my first post.
Now some U/C sites which is shown on this map.

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/2296/img9052filtered0ot.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/9359/img9051filtered2vx.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/3931/img9053filtered1sm.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Let's move deeper into Zverynas district. New office/commercial buildings is U/C here.

http://img72.echo.cx/img72/3007/img9054filtered7uc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img258.echo.cx/img258/5794/img9056filtered1it.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

New flats U/C. I like this project very much. Because it's in a good place, just near local park.

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/953/img9059filtered4dy.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img258.echo.cx/img258/222/img9060filtered4sv.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Park :)

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/8871/img9061filtered6tq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

More flats U/C

http://img80.echo.cx/img80/1949/img9063filtered4ti.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img258.echo.cx/img258/4756/img9064filtered3zp.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

And more offices. This one is kinda massive, but i can't find render anywhere :(

http://img80.echo.cx/img80/4573/img9066filtered7wo.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

You think i posted this picture, just because BCC2 is U/C here? No actually i just noticed that they fenced in some old houses in front. I hope something nice will be build here. :)

http://img80.echo.cx/img80/1552/img9069filtered3qk.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

New flats U/C in city center.

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/1899/img9072filtered5di.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

On the other side ot the street :) This is renovation works, but i don't know what will be here.

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/9197/img9075filtered3ja.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Reconstruction of Gediminas avenue is advancing.

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/2870/img9077filtered6ql.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Let's move once again to the right bak of Neris river.

http://img61.echo.cx/img61/8494/ncc9wh.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

So here we go. Nida ap. U/C (they are now reconstructing old high-rise).

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/1800/nida1kt.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img258.echo.cx/img258/6061/img9079filtered2qj.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/1153/img9080filtered7eq.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Just looking to another side of Neris river. Rulers palace U/C.

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/5114/img9085filtered4fd.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Karaliaus Mindaugo ap. U/C (K.M. apartments)

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/816/karm7mk.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img258.echo.cx/img258/5941/img9086filtered4bz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/2751/img9087filtered2ck.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Let's move to the place as **2 on the map.

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/6250/img9088filtered1gf.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img258.echo.cx/img258/6449/img9089filtered6ca.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/4041/img9090filtered7cc.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img258.echo.cx/img258/8310/img9091filtered8mz.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/1338/img9093filtered5ka.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Now some info about project and construction in Seskine (my home district) ;)

New 2x16fl ap. buildings is almost completed.
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/8144/img9097filtered0et.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Because other photos was on my other memory card i cant add more. But i made special map for my home district ;)

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/2412/seskine3ev.jpg (http://www.imageshack.us)

Ok that's all for now. I don't even know how much km. i walked around the city, but number should be high :)

Impressive Geex!!! It's even hard to count all this! :) I just love those 2x16fl ap. buildings, that yellow color looks very cool for me.

thanx, Geex, that was really amazing ;) Vilnius is developing really fast

Vilnisu is Baltics flagman I guess

Some of the projects, such as this one (http://img244.echo.cx/img244/9739/img902911mr.jpg) are hardly masterpieces, but there's plenty of interesting ones, too.

I'm surprised by how much Vyrokas has actually improved, after the construction has resumed. There was lot of outcry over a year ago, when everyone saw that the end product didn't quite match the render.

Kudos to you, Geex. How did you manage? It must've involved lot of walking around. :)


Easily the most bizzare construction cranes ever!
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4562/img898515cd.jpg
Freaky...

Thanks Geex, great job! :okay:

My favourite project has to be this:

http://img258.echo.cx/img258/953/img9059filtered4dy.jpg

Was just wondering, is there really a need for all these projects? (I've never been to the baltics)
but, what is the size of the population in vilnius..?

Was just wondering, is there really a need for all these projects? (I've never been to the baltics)
but, what is the size of the population in vilnius..?

Almost all new flats is reserved or buyed even before they start building them.

For now 85% of new flats which will be builded only in the end of year 2006 is sold.

Need for office space also increased in past few years. They build a lot, but vacancy rate is still dropping.

And Vilnius population for now is 560 000 ;)

Some of the projects, such as this one (http://img244.echo.cx/img244/9739/img902911mr.jpg) are hardly masterpieces, but there's plenty of interesting ones, too.

I'm surprised by how much Vyrokas has actually improved, after the construction has resumed. There was lot of outcry over a year ago, when everyone saw that the end product didn't quite match the render.

Kudos to you, Geex. How did you manage? It must've involved lot of walking around. :)


Easily the most bizzare construction cranes ever!
http://img244.echo.cx/img244/4562/img898515cd.jpg
Freaky...

Indeed i was walking a lot for a few days. I don't think i will be able to do such trips for some time. ;)

BTW that project you are talking about is most hated project in Vilnius (well atleast on miestai.net forum).

And everyone thanks for comments&reply's.

They have demolished an old house for this site, but I can never guess how they succeed in selling the flats since the place is awesomely terrible :ohno:
http://img61.echo.cx/img61/9359/img9051filtered2vx.jpg

Pics taken in january
http://img237.echo.cx/img237/6756/imgp03670xc.jpg

http://img235.echo.cx/img235/4049/imgp03908wo.jpg

^^^

It's a very good place actually. School/kindergarten/park is nearby. But i do agree with you, unless Vilniaus energija will move their buildings (nežinau kaip transformatorinė angliškai :)) near by. But i don't think they will.

BTW does anybody have any suggestions about my little problem with memory card?

^^^ You can try to put the card to any laptop that has a card reader or may use an internal memory (if your cam has it) to copy and move the photos to another card.

No cam don't have internal memory, but thanks i will try card reader ;)

Once more thanks for photos, I liked this one:
http://img80.echo.cx/img80/1552/img9069filtered3qk.jpg

Interesting angle, those houses looks not that bad, they could be restored.