25 A walk along ZÄ…bkowska Street - UrzÄ…d Dzielnicy Praga PÃ³Å‚noc

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Michałów and Szmulowizna 26 3 The trail will take us through Szmulowizna, a settlement (later incorporated into the city of Warsaw) named after its founder, Szmul Jakubowicz Zbytkower (1727-1802), a Jewish trader, banker, factory owner, friend of the last Polish king Stanisław August Poniatowski. In the 1930s and following World War II the district gained the reputation of being a dangerous neighbourhood. We shall see, however, that the area is more intriguing than perilous. Do not attempt to call anyone here a bum, thought! 1 2 3 Tram depot The tram depot at 20, Kawęczyńska Street was designed by Juliusz Dzierżanowski and constructed in 1922-25. The complex of buildings comprises an apartment house for the employees and a spacious depot at the back that could hold over 200 carriages. It was from Kawęczyńska depot that on 20th June 1945 the first Warsaw tramway after WW II left. Wooden house on Kawęczyńska Street The house, constructed around 1900, is a unique edifice among Warsaw’s monuments. This is the last multi-storey wooden house in Praga. It is an interesting example of the old Praga architecture, once dominated by this kind of buildings. The house has preserved its decorative window frames, cornices and roofs, which are a credit to the quality of work of the local carpenters. Complex of former factory buildings No 36, Kawęczyńska Street used to hold the complex of industrial buildings constructed in 1893 as a production plant of skirting boards (Fabryka Parowa Listew W. Domańskiego i St. Zabłockiego). The two buildings that have been preserved, a building that served as living quarters, dating from 1903, located from the side of the street, and a production plant from 1912, located further in the property, are now home to a business college, which in 1995 set up on Kawęczyńska Street its modern campus. Cross the Vistula. Come to the right side!
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Page 1: A walk along Ząbkowska Street 2 A
Page 5 and 6: Michałów and Szmulowizna 3 Micha
Page 11 and 12: From the banks of Vistula River 4 F
Page 17 and 18: New Praga 5 New Praga 41

25 A walk along ZÄ…bkowska Street - UrzÄ…d Dzielnicy Praga PÃ³Å‚noc

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