U modré štiky, Tenement and movie theater in Old Town, Prague.
U modré štiky is a tenement building with an integrated cinema located at the corner of Karlova and Liliová streets in Old Town. The structure houses residential apartments above and a movie theater on the lower level.
The house was built in 1905–1906 by Eduard Rechziegel on the site of a brewery house of the same name, demolished in 1903. On 15 September 1907 Viktor Ponrepo opened Prague's first permanent cinema, Bio Ponrepo, in the new building at the corner of Karlova and Liliová streets.
The house sign U Modré štiky (At the Blue Pike) recalls the brewery house of the same name that stood here until it was demolished in 1903; Eduard Rechziegel built the present tenement in 1905–1906. The corner at Karlova and Liliová is still called after that pike.
The building stands at the corner of Karlova and Liliová streets, a short walk from Karlova's busy stretch toward the Vltava. The cinema entrance is on the ground floor of the 1905–1906 tenement by Eduard Rechziegel; the upper floors are residential, so visitors stay on the lower level.
The house stands on the site of a brewery house of the same name, demolished in 1903; Eduard Rechziegel built the late Historicist tenement in 1905–1906. Its corner position at Karlova and Liliová is recorded in Petr Šámal and Alexandr Rymarev's survey of Old Town houses.
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