“Numerous of buildings for public health services and for cultural and communal needs are in construction. The network of streets and green belts is being extended. In the next coming years it is even more to be intensified. The construction of the new centre of the town has been commenced, new large industrial buildings, apartment-houses, and schools are coming out of scaffolding. Together with the building of new houses, extensive restoration of architectural monuments of historical value is being carried on.”
– E. Ederberg, U. Kammal, A. Ristkok, Tallinn, Eesti Riiklik Kirjastus, Tallinn, 1958