Ny Østergade ( lit. "New East Street") is a street in the Old Town of

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, linking the Østergade section of the pedestrian street

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in the south with Christian IX's gade in the northwest. Together with the intersecting streets

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and Store Regnegade, its forms part of Copenhagen's most exclusive shopping districts.

History

Peder Madsens Gang

Peder Madsens Gang ("Peder Madsen's Corridor"), a narrow alley with

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s for the very poor, was for centuries located at the site where Ny Østergade runs today. It took its name after Peder Madsen, a local representative and

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of the Community Representative's Guild, who constructed some of the buildings. Later in the century, it was already described as the worst slum in the city. It was entered through a gate in the Svaneapoteket pharmacy on Østergade and at Grønnegade in the other end.

The new street

It was first proposed to clear the area in the 1840s but nothing happened. In September 1872, a committee was established. It received four proposals and the newly founded Kjøbenhavns Byggeselskab (Copenhagen Building Company) was ultimately charged with renewing the area. The new, wide street Ny Østergade was inaugurated in 1876.

Notable buildings and residents

Built in 1732–1742, No. 11 is one of few buildings dating from before the street was created. Many of the buildings along the street date from the 1870s when the street was created. A number of them were designed by

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and

Vilhelm Dahlerup Jens Vilhelm Dahlerup (4 August 1836 – 24 January 1907) was a Danish architect who specialized in the Historicist style. One of the most productive and noted Danish architects of the 19th century, he is behind many of the most known buildings ...

, such as No. 5, No. 7 and No. 9. They also collaborated on the design of the

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. Dahlerup was also responsible for the adaption of Hotel D'Angleterre (Ny Østergade 6/Hovedvagtsgade 3/Kongens Nytorv 34). Some of the other, such as No. 8, No. 10, No. 12, was designed by

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. No. 19-21, No. 23 and the two buildings on the corner with Christian IXs Gade (Ny Østergade 25 / Christian IXs Gade 4-6 and Ny Østergade 34/Christian IXs Gade 8/Gothersgade 43) were designed by Eugen Jørgensen in 1906–10. The Svaneapoteket Pharmacy's former building (Ny Østergade 2-4/Østergade 18) is from 1938 and was designed by Bent Helveg-;øller.

References

External links

Ny Østergade
at indenforvoldene.dk
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