To Historic Koneser Center (Centrum Praskie Koneser) - Former Vodka Factory | Praga District, Warsaw

I took the Warsaw Line M2 metro from Rondo ONZ to the Dworzec Wileński station, and walked to the historic site of Warsaw Vodka Factory "Koneser" (Warszawska Wytwórnia Wódek "Koneser).
Warsaw Vodka Factory "Koneser" is a factory complex of neo-Gothic buildings from the late 19th century located in the heart of Old Praga district.
The Koneser factory complex covers the area of approximately 50,000 m2 (540,000 sq ft) and is surrounded by Ząbkowska, Nieporęcką, Białostocka and Markowska street from all sides.
The Koneser factory is a handsome example of European industrial architecture from the late 19th and early twentieth century. The red-brick buildings represent the Gothic style - narrow windows, characteristic of that age cornices, perpendicular towers and rib-vault ceilings. The main gate from the Ząbkowska street is of particular beauty. The architectural design is attributed to L. Lewadowski and K. Loeweg. Many of the buildings belonging to the Koneser complex survived the Second World War.
The oldest buildings of the Koneser factory complex were established in 1895-1897. Initially, there were two separate plants on the premises of the factory: Warsaw Rectification and Warsaw Fiscal Repository of Wine. The plants were responsible for the distillation of the spirit and for the production of the alcoholic beverage.
The complex was opened in 1897 as a factory to house the famous Koneser Vodka operations, though other famous vodkas came out of this space as well (including Żubrówka, Luksusowa and more). Vodka production continued at the factory through much of the 20th century, with a major boom in the first half of the century, when the factory employed over 400 people and produced 250,000 bottles of vodka a day.
The space lay neglected and abandoned after closing in 2007, until years later when developers began envisioning it as a space for an entertainment, food, shopping, lifestyle and daily services.
After a careful revitalization process by BBI Development and Liebrecht & wooD companies, the new Praga Koneser Center (Centrum Praskie Koneser) was opened in 2018.
Centrum Praskie Koneser is a post-industrial complex of residential, office, cultural and entertainment facilities located on the premises of the former Warsaw Vodka Factory "Koneser". Its space has been carefully restored and transformed into a modern area.
The handsome 19th-century brick buildings that once were the Koneser Vodka factory are the star turn in the latest chapter in the hip revamp of industrial Praga. As well as office space, the complex includes the interactive Polish Vodka Museum, several restaurants and bars, a shopping mall with a focus on Polish products, museums and galleries and the groovy hotel Moxy.
Koneser area includes Campus Warsaw, Google’s first initiative in Central and Eastern Europe dedicated to supporting start-ups.
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