Among the premieres made during the communist regime were also the moving of the first block with the tenants in it.
It happened on May 27, 1983. The system of modernization and modernization of the Stefan cel Mare highway, which lasted from 1978-1982, was completed, and they aimed at extending the street to four lanes, one for trams, and the entire home front of the road. There were, however, three blocks between the streets of Tunari and Aurel Vlaicu, coming out of the general alignment with a distance of between 8 and 14 m, which made the whole road and pedestrian traffic much more difficult.
After a thorough analysis that took into account the demolition of the three blocks, it was finally decided to translate buildings between 8-14 m.
The translation of the blocks proved to be the cheapest solution as it represented between 28 and 32% of the value of demolition and restoration of similar buildings, the duration of translation works of 4-5 months being much lower than the restoration of a new block (about 8-9 months), resulting in important material savings, as Eugeniu Iordăchescu, also referred to as the "engineer who moved the churches" in his book "Translating Constructions".
In this context, on May 27, 1983, the first translation of a seven-storey building from the country takes place: a block located on Aurel Vlaicu Street no. 166, 3,100 t, built in 1938. The block was moved 14,40 meters and the distance was traversed in 7 hours and 37 minutes. Preparatory work began in February 1983, and the final foundation was completed in June 1983.
The block was moved without the locals being moved, except those on the ground floor. Moreover, the tenants benefited from all the conditions: running water, sewage, electricity, gas, lift and telephone, while ensuring the connection to the public networks through elastic connections.