Tag: Warsaw

The Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw was conceived as a “gift from the Soviet people to the Polish nation”, and was completed in 1955.  Architecturally, it is a mix of Stalinist architecture, also known as Socialist Classicism, and Polish historicism inspired by American art deco skyscrapers. While it did remind me of some of…

Warsaw is another European city devastated–turned to rubble–during the second war. With a pre-war population of 1.5 million; 30,000 remained at the end.   Images for Warsaw 1945 offers some sense.   The old city was rebuilt remarkably well.  Other parts were replaced with an architecture reflecting the message and concepts of the conquering heroes; the Soviets. Honest…

Our first breakfast in Poland was in a little café a couple of blocks from our hotel. Posted on the wall was the menu.  My first impression was of the strangely accented characters and irregular strings of consonants.  I now understood how my wife felt trying to read German street names.  My concern elevated; what do…