One of Warsaw's most prominent architectural pieces of late modernist architecture is in danger. The Rotunda's current owner, the PKO Bank announced that after an internal architectural competition, the building will be taken down and rebuilt in a new form. The result is quite frighteningly ugly, and is in no way a reevaluation of the old building. Architects of the city are of one opinion. It is an important building for the cities global picture and needs a face lifting. See on gazeta the proposal.
The Internet community is strong and mobile. Facebook users already created a group to save the Rotunda and many other organized movements are on the way. here
The house of the Party is "saved". The current owner, a developer, withdrew it's complaint against the buildings' entry into the registry of monuments. Which he now has to live with it how it is, but is relieved that he will be allowed to locate on the ground floor a Ferrari sales parlor.
The national railway is making headway with their promise to give the train stations of Warsaw (and other cities) the necessary renovations and face lifts. Tender procedures are on the way, and works should start this spring. I can't wait to see a clean Centralna station.




