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City center, the Palace of Culture and Science, the PKO Rotunda and Universal office building
Hartwig, Edward
before 1984
This view shows the city center with the Universal office building on the right, the PKO Rotunda and the Palace of Culture and Science on the left. Built in 1965, Universal building at 44 Jerozolimskie Avenue was part of the East Wall complex on Marszałkowska Street. It was demolished in 2016.
Designed by Jerzy Jakubowicz, with Stanisław Więcek and Włodzimierz Wojnowski both responsible for its steel structure, the PKO Rotunda at 100-102 Marszałkowska Street was built in 1966. It was damaged by a 1979 gas explosion and reconstructed in the same year. In 2017, it was demolished to be rebuilt in a similar shape in 2019.
- Title: City center, the Palace of Culture and Science, the PKO Rotunda and Universal office building
- Artist: Hartwig, Edward (1909-2003)
- Date: before 1984
- Origin: Warszawa
- Technique: odbitka srebrowo-żelatynowa
- Material: papier fotograficzny
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- Object type: fotografia
- Inventory number: AN 4708/1/H
Signatures, marking, inscriptions
stamp signed on the reverse: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED BY ZAIKS OR POLISH SOCIETY OF AUTHORS AND COMPOSERS | LES DROITS D’AUTEURS RESERVES | REPRODUCTION PERMITTED UNDER CONDITION | 1) AUTHOR EDWARD HARTWIG | 2) paying remuneration in compliance with ZAIKS’ rates | AUTHOR EDWARD HARTWIG Artist Photographer | W-wa, 31 Jerozolimskie Ave., tel. 28-77-29
