Bucharest Universal Store
A brief visit to the former Magazinul Universal București (Bucharest Universal Store) in Piața Roma reveals a space now reduced to a storage facility for construction materials and equipment. These are being used for the restoration of a nearby building on Gabroveni Street. Once a symbol of prosperity and consumer culture, the old department store now stands covered in graffiti and overshadowed by oversized billboards. For some, it is a relic of the so-called “Golden Age”; for others, just another canvas for street tags. But beneath this faded facade lies the extraordinary story of a man whose ambition built one of Bucharest’s most prominent commercial landmarks. … Continue readingBucharest Universal Store