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idiou is a tiny street running off Academias in downtown Athens and for most it is associated with the city center's entertainment scene, as a popular meze restaurant there tends to draw a fun crowd in the evenings.

Researchers who want to use the spaces of the neoclassical Vallianeio building of the National Library of Greece on central Panepistimiou Street in Athens are now directed to the office of the general director, as the Reading Room remains temporarily closed after part of the interior ceiling fell, which testifies to the need for urgent action by the ministries of Education and Culture for its c

One of the big open questions about the future of Athens is whether and to what extent the disjointed investment plans in the city center will succeed. And to what extent their added value will contribute to the sought-after improvement of the urban environment.

With a screening of Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction," the Ideal, one of Athens' oldest cinemas, will close for good on Friday after more than a century in business.

The building complex on Stadiou Street that hosts the Attikon and Apollon cinemas and was partly destroyed in a fire in February 2012 will finally be restored, according to the investor who leased the complex on September 29 for 50 years.

The historic Ideal cinema is to get a new lease on life as its operation will be entrusted to an internationally renowned company active in the field of entertainment, according to Greek hospitality business Mitsis Hotels, which has been granted the building that houses it.

The Athenian version of Open House, an event that first started in London in 1992 to promote appreciation of architecture by the general public, will see a selection of public and private buildings that represent distinct styles and trends spanning different centuries opening their doors to anyone who would like to look around inside.

Alternative concert organizers Velvet Room are taking over the neoclassical Bangeion Mansion, a former hotel designed by Ernst Ziller, in downtown Omonia on Friday, January 20, for a night of psychedelic and post-punk live music from local acts Acid Barretts, Monochromatic Visions, The Back Door Freaks and The Bonnie Nettles. The action starts at 9.30 p.m. and admission costs 3 euros.

A man walks past the fire-scarred building that used to host the historic Attikon and Apollon cinemas on Stadiou Street, downtown Athens, on Saturday. The Stavros Niarchos Foundation recently announced plans to subsidize the restoration of the building that was damaged by firebombs thrown by protesters during a violent riot in 2012. The interiors of the two theaters survived mostly unscathed.