Rödä villan oli ennen ollut kuuluisa Grönä villan. Taustalla Töölönlahti. Röda Villan hade tidigare varit den ryktbara Gröna Villan. I bakgrunden Tölöviken. Röda Villan used to be the infamous Gröna Villan. Töölönlahti bay in the background. that had originally been planned for industrial use. Industrial development spread over the northern side of Pitkäsilta bridge and the areas of Siltasaari and Sörnäinen. The city began leasing the Eläintarha villas in 1879-1881, starting from the easternmost ones, the so-called lower villas, which were closest to Siltasaari. The densely populated proletarian district, Linjat, was adjacent to the lower villas and the lower villas gradually became tenements. The “upper villas” were situated close to the railway and were occupied by academic people, civil servants, and those in independent professions. 24 Most of the leases were not, however, signed until 1888-1890, when the road through the area, and the Linnunlaulu (Fågelsong) bridge over the railway, had been built. The architecture of most of the villas followed the romantic Swiss style and the English cottage style of the late 19th century. Building was not restricted either by the expensive land rents of the city centre or building regulations, so the villas could be situated freely in the midst of nature, and new forms of housing could be tried, free from the rigidity of symmetry and scale.
Elaintarhan huvilahistoriikki
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