The gully already existed, which by the late 19th century already marked the division between the urbanized city territory and unurbanized outskirts.

[4] Ruling prince, later king Milan personally suggested this area, which stretched above the Đorđe Vajfert's brewery and the neighborhood of Smutekovac.

He cited many reasons like the quality of the earth or closeness to the construction site which would reduce the transportation costs, as the money was indeed lacking.

First settlers were railroad workers and those who were employed in the neighboring factories, and had to leave their crumbly houses in the city, which were demolished in order to make way for the new, modern residential blocks.

This original section of Prokop had no hovels, but only proper houses and even junior clerks from city and state administration moved in.

[4] Growing into the eastern extension of the already impoverished shanty town Jatagan Mala, some parts of Prokop grew even more destitute and were considered some of the poorest neighborhoods of Belgrade.

Due to that, as well as the lack of any communal infrastructure or plans for the area, and a fact that geographically the settlement actually existed at the bottom of a big hole, during rains floods and mudslides were common, like in the winter of 1935.

[7] It was reported that at extremely snowy winters, due to the defile-like configuration, people would exit houses through chimneys as the bottom of the gully would be completely buried under the snow.

In it, Prokop is depicted as the largest informal settlement in Belgrade which basically has no roads, grocery stores and is regularly being flooded during rains.

Oldest section of the neighborhood was a railway workers settlement, connected by the Stjepana Filipovića Street to the Rudo Institute.

The selected lot used to be a green area, until the temporary worker's quarters for the employees of "Energoprojekt" were placed in the 1990s, when the construction of the station was resumed.

The quarters were largely abandoned after 2005, and the residents hoped to return the greenery, plant trees and build a children's playground.

[14] In October 2021, city announced plans to build 37,000 square metres (400,000 sq ft) of commercial and residential space on this location.