Hadžipopovac

[1] Southwest border is today set by the Cvijićeva Street, but historically this was the route of the creek of Slavujev potok or Bulbulderski potok (Slavuj or Bulbulder Creek), which flew from the Zvezdara hill into the Danube, east of the present location of the Pančevo Bridge.

[6] At the modern corner of the Cvijićeva and Zdravka Čelara, there was a widening, where the creek would overspill and the pond would form.

Name change was proposed for the northern section which reached Profesorksa Kolonija, so it was renamed to Cvijićeva, after the professor and scientist Jovan Cvijić.

28 was established, which connected City Hospital (today KBC Zvezdara) to Theatre Square in downtown Belgrade, via Hadžipopovac and Profesorska Kolonija.

The Ford Garage was burned down by the members of Communist youth organization SKOJ in the night of 26/27 July 1941, as the occupational German forces kept parked vehicles here.

[10] Pedestrian square in Zdravka Čelara Street was adapted into the park which covers (0.13 hectares (0.32 acres).

A lot of neighborhood children also go to elementary school "Vuk Karadžić" which is on a border of Hadžipopovac and Stari Grad.

[8] Roughly, eastern section of Hadžipopovac borders with the neighborhood of Profesorska Kolonija (Serbian: Професорска колонија).

It was originally mostly inhabited by the families of the Belgrade University professors and of members of the Serbian Royal Academy, hence the name.

Prior to urbanization, the area consisted of agricultural fields and orchards, which the state was purchasing and then handing them over to the University.

It was bounded by the streets of Knez Miletina (today Despota Stefana Boulevard), Mitropolita Petra and Zdravka Čelara, and by the Bulbulder Creek which used to flow through the neighborhood before the urbanization.

However, the creek continued to flood the area, especially after heavy rains, cutting off the neighborhood completely from downtown.

In 1927, the bus line of public transportation was established, which connected Profesorska Kolonija section with the Belgrade Main railway station.

There are certain urban additions which are considered "failed" in comparison to the original architecture, but Profesorska Kolonija remained a neighborhood of pre-war villas with green, lush yards and gardens.

[17] Villa Prendić, built in 1932-1933 and designed by Milan Zloković was also declared a cultural monument, in March 2020.

One of the most representative edifices of Modern architecture in Belgrade, it is located at 20 Osmana Đikića Street and faces the park.

[16] Profesorska Kolonija is administratively organized as the local community of "Jovan Cvijić" which had a population of 2,634 in 2011.

Map of Urban local communities of Belgrade in Palilula municipality