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Titan, Bucharest
Titan is a portion of Bucharest, a neighborhood, located in its Eastern part. It sorround the Titan Park , formerly known as "Balta Albă" (The White Pond).
Before the 20th century, the plagued used to be thron into a common pit and covered with quick lime, thus earning its name as the White Pond. Also, another neighborhood near Titan is called Balta Albă. There are no significant landmarks in the Titan region, the predominant construction type being the communist-type apartment building. Transportation is very well worked out, the region being linked to other parts of Bucharest by subway, tram-lines, trolleys, buses and taxis. Wide boulevards and squares can be found. The most important boulevards are Nicolae Grigorescu, Camil Ressu and Theodor Pallady. The latter is a continuation of the Bucharest - Constanţa freeway inside the city. Several large shopping center, the biggest one being Titan, recently crowned "mall". Only cinema in area is the Gloria cinema, at the intersection of Baba Novac and Nicolae Grigorescu.
The Titan Lake was "built" in the mid-20th century, on the former site of a creek. Today, it is divided in two halfs by a road bridge. It has a big lake, with possible boat rentals, 5 islands and even a roller-park. High vegetation, beautiful all-year-round.
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