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Post-war reconstruction of Gdańsk
Post-war reconstruction of Gdańsk (Polish city on the Baltic coast). The city was part of Polish Prussia (Royal Prussia, the richest region of Kingdom of Poland) between 1454-1793, represented by Poland between 1920-1939 as Free City of Danzig/Wolne Miasto Gdansk and is part of Poland since 1945. Unfortunately, Gdańsk was heavily damaged by Soviets and Nazis (Festung Danzig) during WW2. Poles are trying to rebuild this lost city...
![]() The old Pomeranian proverb says: "Gdańsk - rich, Królewiec - large, Elbląg - fortified, Toruń - beautiful." Golden House (Złota kamienica) Before WW2 ![]() 1946 ![]() Now Długie Pobrzeże Before WW2 ![]() 1946 ![]() Now Last edited by RS_UK-PL; November 24th, 2012 at 04:23 PM. |
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Looking forward to more.
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Long Street (Ulica Długa)
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Unfortunately, not all of the buildings have been reconstructed to date. There is still an awful lot of work to do.
Granary Island (Wyspa Spichrzów) Before WW2 ![]() Now ![]() Old Town (Stare Miasto) Before WW2 ![]() Now ![]() Ulica Powroźnicza Before WW2 ![]() Now ![]() Is it me or street above lost its pre-war character? It looks a bit dull and boring now. City was much more beautiful in 1930s as you can see here...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKcGGxYuNlE Last edited by RS_UK-PL; February 22nd, 2012 at 02:59 PM. |
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Wow, awesome idea for a thread. Let's keep this one going guys. It should serve as an educational tool on how to reconstruct historical structures.
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By the way, is Gdansk looking to faithfully reconstruct other historical buildings?
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It's funny how some buildings look more rich than before war (the first example).
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1765(building on right): ![]() 1876: ![]() 1920's: ![]() dunno why Germans simplified them... |
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Sorry for comments in Polish only but pictures are worth it:
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Looks fantastic, but knowing most buildings are fake makes them uninteresting. They are now just culturally hollow structures merely created to appeal us aestheticly.
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Just come to Gdańsk one day and see it's far to be "culturally hollow". The rebuilt buildings incorporate many surviving original details, parts of walls (sometimes large) and of course basements. It's to such extent that there are still, long time after the war, hidden treasures, like frescos, being discovered. But even without that it's not a theme park, it doesn't have a feeling of a theme park, Gdańsk has a feeling of totally real city where people have put a lot of heart and effort into rebuilding it.
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A city was destroyed, and her people rebuilt the city's beauty. It was theirs to rebuild, and they did. If you had such a glorious architectural heritage you wouldn't just give it away, would you? Just because it was knocked down doesn't mean it can't be put back up.
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![]() Anyway, today if someone want to put building in oldtown area, only modern architecture is allowed, let's take a look: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() At least they doesn't look fake, right? |
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Pre-war photos in colour: http://www.danzig-online.pl/color/a0.html
Post-war photos (1945): http://www.danzig-online.pl/1945.html Post-war photos in colour (1946): http://www.danzig-online.pl/color/1946.html Gdansk is an amazing example of Polish after-war reconstructions. Over the next 50, maybe 100 years city should return to its glory. Last edited by RS_UK-PL; February 9th, 2012 at 03:51 PM. |
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Arthur's Court (Dwor Artusa)
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The Green Gate (Brama Zielona)
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''Looks fantastic, but knowing most buildings are fake makes them uninteresting. They are now just culturally hollow structures merely created to appeal us aestheticly.''
----------- couldn't agree more with you........these buildings are so appealing aestheticly, one of the purposes of architecture, isn't it? |
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I hope to see the reconstruction of...
Great Synagogue (Wielka Synagoga) ![]() ![]() It was demolished by Nazis in 1939. |
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Medieval Port Crane (Żuraw)
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Still one of my favourite reconstructions, but did it always had the same street patern as pre-World War 2, or did the communists reorganized the streets after World War 2?
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