Building won’t exist before crisis ends
The 60-year old culture palace after Sevyan, which was once the favorite place for citizens of Gyumri, has now turned into a building on the verge of destruction.
Time, the weather and people are having their impact, but only former employees are concerned about the fate of the building.
Director of Sevyan Culture Palace Lyova Nazaryan is not only concerned about restoration, but also about the fact that the pictures and reliefs by famous artists are on the verge of elimination.
Musician Hamlet Davtyan says it would be better to demolish the building than to leave it to serve as a bathroom of the municipal station.
There have been many pledges for restoration of the culture home and the latter has been included in the programs for restoration, but it has always been out of the list "due to lack of funding".
"A couple of years ago, the prime minister personally pledged to provide funding for restoration, but the crisis stood in the way and they didn't provide the money," Lyova Nazaryan says.
Advisor to the governor of Shirak province Hasmik Kirakosyan assures that the government will include the issue of restoring Sevyan Culture Palace in the urbanization programs after the crisis is overcome.
