4:24 The building in the right corner of the screen is currently The Warsaw Hotel. This is a modernist building with art deco elements, isn't a socialist one. It was the tallest non-religious building in pre-war Europe. It was the headquarters of the American insurance company Prudential, and television was broadcast on the top floor from 1936. You can find a photo of the explosion of the missile hitting this building. This is an iconic photo illustrating the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. 5:05 This building became private property. This is the oldest tenement house in the Wola district. The current owner wants to destroy this building, there have been several mysterious arsons. The conservator of monuments does not agree to demolish the building because it has historical value. So there is a war going on between the owner, the Conservator's Office and city activists. There are many similar situations in the city. Aleje Jerozolimskie and Palma has references to the history of the city and the community, which no longer exists in contemporary Warsaw and Poland. To understand the name of this street, you need to delve into the history of the settlement of Jews in Warsaw. The name of the street comes from the Jewish settlement Nowa Jerozolima. 11:03 This place is important in the history of Milk Bars. The building across the street is the National Economy Bank, currently under renovation.A modernist building built at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. Previously, Kazimierz Dłużewki opened a milk bar in this place in 1898. The first milk bar, called "Mleczarnia Nadświdrzańska". Stanisław Dłużewski, a member of the Polish landed gentry.
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4:24 The building in the right corner of the screen is currently The Warsaw Hotel. This is a modernist building with art deco elements, isn't a socialist one. It was the tallest non-religious building in pre-war Europe. It was the headquarters of the American insurance company Prudential, and television was broadcast on the top floor from 1936. You can find a photo of the explosion of the missile hitting this building. This is an iconic photo illustrating the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. 5:05 This building became private property. This is the oldest tenement house in the Wola district. The current owner wants to destroy this building, there have been several mysterious arsons. The conservator of monuments does not agree to demolish the building because it has historical value. So there is a war going on between the owner, the Conservator's Office and city activists. There are many similar situations in the city. Aleje Jerozolimskie and Palma has references to the history of the city and the community, which no longer exists in contemporary Warsaw and Poland. To understand the name of this street, you need to delve into the history of the settlement of Jews in Warsaw. The name of the street comes from the Jewish settlement Nowa Jerozolima. 11:03 This place is important in the history of Milk Bars. The building across the street is the National Economy Bank, currently under renovation.A modernist building built at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s. Previously, Kazimierz Dłużewki opened a milk bar in this place in 1898. The first milk bar, called "Mleczarnia Nadświdrzańska". Stanisław Dłużewski, a member of the Polish landed gentry.