This is how István Albert recalled the past in a 1992 issue of Operaélet (Opera Life). According to this, Rózsi Walter, who was the prima donna of the Opera House in the 1930s, liked to talk on the telephone for a long time. The Est (Evening) newspaper reported on the 25th of March 1936 that the opera singer, who was just in the process of building a villa, wanted her change of address to appear in the new telephone book. This is when it came to light that her future home did not have a street number yet, and the street did not even have a name. Until 1936, Bajza Street only ran from Podmaniczky Street to Vilma királynő Road (the present-day Városligeti Avenue). The Capital Board of Public Works prescribed uniform development for the new section running to Damjanich Street, and the architect Dr. Iván Kotsis prepared a massing plan. Rózsi Walter herself petitioned for the newly opened road to be given a name.
Fanni Magyaróvári
Rózsi Walter’s telephone in her bedroom, 1936,
HMA MPDC Monument Protection Documentation Center, Photographic Archives