[5][6] After World War I, a string of new neighborhoods encircled eastern outskirts of Belgrade, with names usually containing "suburb" and some member of the royal family.

Name Suburb of Prince Tomislav was given to the area between the Boulevard and the modern Vojislava Ilića Street, but it didn't hold.

It became trendy in the late 1950s as a meeting place of the artists, actors, poets and local bohemians, and later became a popular family venue.

[9] Lipov Lad constitutes a local community (mesna zajednica), sub-municipal administrative unit of the same name within the municipality of Zvezdara, with a population of 4,759 in 2011.

[10][11] However, local residents gained a popular support among Belgraders and celebrities for their cause, as at one point even police was involved to make the construction possible.

The protesters also gained support from various experts and politicians, including municipal and city legislators, and even from Boris Tadić, President of Serbia at the time.

[10][11] In October 2021, mayor Dragan Đilas announced that the deal was reached with the investor, who will be awarded another lot in some other part of the city.

[11][13] In the western border of the neighborhood, along the Bregalnička Street, there is a green area known as the Beograd Bašta ("Belgrade garden").

Residents continued to protest and in February 2023, both the municipality Zvezdara and the city of Belgrade stated that the plans will be changed in order to preserve Beograd Bašta as a green public space.

New project, which is planned for 2024, includes arrangement of the 60% of the area as the square-park (0.24 ha (0.59 acres)) and reconstruction or rebuilding of the cinema screening seats.