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Post by Bonobo on Jan 29, 2008 8:33:10 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 29, 2008 8:34:36 GMT 1
Fortunately, the change of the system enabled the rescue of what had remained after the war but, considered ideologically alien by communists, was consciously left to ruin. Investors, both private and institutional, try to renovate houses according to pre-war plans and details.
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 29, 2008 8:37:27 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 29, 2008 9:01:43 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 29, 2008 9:02:49 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 29, 2008 9:03:08 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 29, 2008 9:03:45 GMT 1
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 30, 2008 10:02:59 GMT 1
A film about pre-war Warsaw
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Post by Bonobo on Feb 17, 2008 20:30:29 GMT 1
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livia
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Post by livia on Feb 19, 2008 10:09:36 GMT 1
Bonobo, it is so good you never loose distance and your devilish humour ;D ;D ;D Of course WE ARE just like that!!!!!!
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Post by livia on Mar 20, 2008 23:18:31 GMT 1
Some more Warszawa, some of you might have seen this set already ;D ;D ;D Warszawa. Syrenka statue on the river bank. The Coat of Arms of Warszawa is Syrenka (river mermaid = melusina). .  Notice Poland's highest military decoration for valor in the face of the enemy and Semper Invicta motto. Most Śląsko-Dąbrowski ('Dąbrowski' stands for Dąbrowa Górnicza town, not for General Dąbrowski!) .  Florence? No, ulica Bednarska! .  Something sweet and nice for Pawian. Ulica Nowy Świat. .   . . . Ulica Świętokrzyska. Just life .  Marszałkowska. Woooow!  .  Ulica Chałubińskiego  The bar .  Rynek Nowego Miasta. Great atmosphere always. .  .  Ulica Freta. As above.   . Plac Zbawiciela   The library  Mariensztat. Cosy and romantic all the year round. The crowd stays 100 m up. .  .  |
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 20, 2008 23:49:32 GMT 1
Very pleasant views, indeed. You have made Mike`s day. Some of the photos don`t shop up, though. They can`t be downloaded by the forum, it happens sometimes. . Most Śląsko-Dąbrowski ('Dąbrowski' stands for Dąbrowa Górnicza town, not for General Dąbrowski!) How do you know? . Do you mean flowers or the street? [/img][/quote] You are wowing for Sephora, the perfume store, or for the man who smells like an Indian jungle(Curara etc)  hahaha Great - no crowds. This view is amazing. The library is my favourite too. . . It is interesting that Warsawians are fond of communist architecture. Not Łazienki? Come on, Mokotowska is so dull! I didn`t know that Dzierzyński was a poet??? hahaha |
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Post by valpomike on Mar 21, 2008 0:26:36 GMT 1
THANK YOU BOTH, VERY MUCH. GREAT PHOTO's
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Post by valpomike on Mar 21, 2008 16:14:17 GMT 1
Why would anyone want to leave this great place, Poland?
I invite many family and friends to my home here in the U.S.A. and most don't want to leave Poland, and I understand this.
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Post by livia on Mar 21, 2008 23:03:12 GMT 1
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Post by livia on Mar 21, 2008 23:08:01 GMT 1
If you liked Plac Zbawiciela upper portion view, here's a view closer to the ground. btw ulica Mokotowska starts-ends at plac Zbawiciela ;D ;D ;D  |
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Post by valpomike on Mar 22, 2008 0:48:50 GMT 1
Livia,
My great uncle with the placq at the church last name is Roszkowski, and he was a doctor.
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by valpomike on Mar 22, 2008 20:45:47 GMT 1
Livia,
What does the placq in Polish say, and where is it?
Michael Dabrowski
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Post by Bonobo on Mar 23, 2008 19:14:36 GMT 1
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Post by tufta on Jan 29, 2010 17:17:13 GMT 1
Great thread and great pictures indeed, thanks for pointing the thread to me. Shame Liwia doesn't post. Btw, I lused to live very close to here
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 23, 2013 19:40:22 GMT 1
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Post by tufta on Jan 24, 2013 9:09:30 GMT 1
Wow!  One of my favourite spots/perspectives too.  And thiis one is certainly the first time I see such a perspective. Must have been taken from one of the houses in Stara Ochota and with a powerful zoom. Great! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 24, 2013 10:54:17 GMT 1
One of my favourite spots/perspectives too.
Why? I find this photo much less fascinating than others. Some silly flowers, that`s all.
And thiis one is certainly the first time I see such a perspective.If you look through that guy`s thread, I am sure you will run into more surprises.
Must have been taken from one of the houses in Stara Ochota and with a powerful zoom. Great!
Judging by photos, the guys equipment is powerful indeed. From the set above, my fav is i985.photobucket.com/albums/ae339/filosss2010/Filosssografia%202013/DSCF4225.jpg
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Post by tufta on Jan 24, 2013 13:45:27 GMT 1
If I concentrate and de-personalize the view, and I try really hard, I am getting a faint glimpse of the idea you convey and haev to ageee:) But this particulare spot and it's proximity is connected with many fine memories. Because you love your Kraków It's very 'Krakovian' view, isn't . |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 24, 2013 15:52:05 GMT 1
But this particulare spot and it's proximity is connected with many fine memories.
Aaah, that explains everything. First love, first flowers bought for her, first kiss, first dinner........ etc Because you love your Kraków ;)It's very 'Krakovian' view, isn't . Yes, very! Even better!! 
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Post by pjotr on Jan 24, 2013 16:38:40 GMT 1
I loved to watch all these wonderful images from Modern, new, present day Warsaw, and next to that the images of (artificial) "Old" (= rebuilt) Warsaw, Roman-Catholic elements, trees (the wonderful Birch trees), streetlife, parks, images (sculptures), even the Stalinist Palace of Culture (which I always liked - already in 1984 as a 14 year old kid-, despite it's historical meaning -It was forced upon the Varsovian population and and the Polish people as a gift of the SovjetUnion, built by Sovjet workers in Warsaw), the Warsaw appartment blocks, the images of the homeless on the street ( they are part of every large city in the world), the churches, the Warsaw trams, the wonderful bridges (I love the shape and architecture of bridges), the demolition of houses and old appartments, the construction cranes, the new skyskrapers next to the old era buildings. That combination, the merging of old and new elements makes Warsaw.
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Post by pjotr on Jan 24, 2013 16:43:23 GMT 1
I love the Warsaw skyline! |
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Post by Bonobo on Jan 24, 2013 19:09:20 GMT 1
I loved to watch all these wonderful images from Modern, new, present day Warsaw, and next to that the images of (artificial) " Old" (= rebuilt) Warsaw, Roman-Catholic elements, trees (the wonderful Birch trees), streetlife, parks, images (sculptures), even the Stalinist Palace of Culture (which I always liked - already in 1984 as a 14 year old kid-, despite it's historical meaning -It was forced upon the Varsovian population and and the Polish people as a gift of the SovjetUnion, built by Sovjet workers in Warsaw), the Warsaw appartment blocks, the images of the homeless on the street ( they are part of every large city in the world), the churches, the Warsaw trams, the wonderful bridges (I love the shape and architecture of bridges), the demolition of houses and old appartments, the construction cranes, the new skyskrapers next to the old era buildings. That combination, the merging of old and new elements makes Warsaw. Yes, Warsaw is an amazing city. You feel free there, not like in tight claustrophobic Krakow.  I love the Warsaw skyline!They are adding new skyscrapers to it. |
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Post by Bonobo on May 29, 2016 2:17:40 GMT 1
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Post by pjotr on May 29, 2016 14:44:31 GMT 1
What a wonderful images Bonobo. It's great to see that that city of my dziadek, babcia, ciocia and my Polish Rodzina which was hurt so much has recovered in such a layered fashion. The only 'good' thing about communism in my point of view was the rebuilding of the old city of Warsaw, the Palaces and the new communist (we call it in the West Eastern-European workers building blocks) architecture and the wonderful Palace of culture which is a great example of Stalinist architecture (maybe on of the few positive things which came out of Stalinism, like some strong Nazi and Fascist buildings in Germany and Italy are one of the few positive elements of these totalitarian systems) and probably other places in Poland which were destroyed by the war.
I love cities which are layered, and Warsaw has reconstructed it's history and in that history it shows verious kinds of architecture. Gothic and Baroc churches, classicist buildings, the architecture of the Peoples Republic and the architecture of the new democratic and capitalist poland. That merger makes Warsaw a great city. The Warsaw of today will be different than the Warsaw I saw in August 2006. New Sky Scrapers and new subburbs and beautiful apartment blocks in Mokotow and other area's of the city will be built. Maybe Krakow is more beautiful than Warsaw, but it could be that Warsaw is more exiting as a Metropole with more than 1 million citizens, expats, migrants, entrepreneurs, workers, civil servants, business people, students, artists, musicians and Polish intelligentsia.
Cheers,
Pieter
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