ARR building was to be demolist by Ceausescu..

[C-2]

The ARR building in Bd.Lascar Catargiu 54,built by Prince Valentin George Bibescu(a promotor of the Romanian aviation,the president of the "International Aviation Federation" 1930 and also other motor sports).
The building was built between 1920-1926,and bought by the ARR in 1936 and was held until...1949.
Then it became sort of a testing center of flying personal.
In the 80's by Ceausescu order ,the building was to be demolisht.By pure luck ,the demolischion was posponed because in this samall palace were living the workers that built Ceauseccu's palace!
In 1990 it was given to the transport ministery and in 1991 to the newly Aeroclub of Romania.
In this building one of the ARR veterans has his "base" presidented by G-ral and ace Ioan Dicesare.

[inahurry]

A real devil this Ceausescu, isn't it ? What he ordered to be demolished (with a few undisputable mistakes) deserved in a high proportion to be demolished. What a crazy communist leader, while an atheist himself, who moved churches on "wheels" exactly in order to preserve them as architectural treasures. He usually listened to his advisers and the competent ones did their job well. And where he demolished he replaced with better, more adequate and usually architecturally coherent, for sure not like the patches of bad taste and completely disharmonious, not to mention often illegal, buildings that spread like mushtooms lately. This post is very off-topic, I presume, isn't it ? lol

[Geto-Dacul]

Yes... Most of what was demolished was already in ruins and coulndn't be repaired, after the unfortunate and terrible earthquake of 1977. Of course that today everyone plays the game of the "dissident" and blasts off with mud everything about the ancient regime... Do not forget that Carol II demolished a lot when he build the Royal Palace... Or remember when the Palatul telefoanelor was build for Rogers AT&T? Anything destroyed for it?...