VIRA M.
The square has a small park at its center, with lots of trees and an old, huge ash at the far end. Lindens, maples, and ashes line the edges of the triangular space. Near the entrance, an arch joins two kiosks, and a western thuja was planted there somewhat later. Most of the old Prusa Square is surrounded by eclectic tenement buildings from the 1890s. Some still have distinctive decorative details, and they now belong to Ivan Franko Street. An underground public toilet was added in the square in the late 1920s or early 1930s. It has been called Plyats Prusa since 1938, in memory of Polish writer Bolesław Prusa. During Soviet times, people informally called it Ivan Franko Square for the Ukrainian poet, writer, scientist, and politician, though no official address by that name existed.
