Constitution Square, Warsaw

Constitution Square
Constitution Square in 2022, as seen from the south
Constitution Square, Warsaw is located in Warsaw
Constitution Square, Warsaw
LocationDowntown, Warsaw, Poland
Coordinates52°13′21″N 21°0′58″E / 52.22250°N 21.01611°E / 52.22250; 21.01611
NorthMarszałkowska Street
East
  • Koszykowa Street
  • Piękna Street
South
West
  • Koszykowa Street
  • Śniadeckich Street
Construction
Completion22 July 1952

Constitution Square (Polish: Plac Konstytucji [ˈplat͡s kɔnstɨˈtut͡sji]) is an urban square, and a road intersection, in Warsaw, Poland, within the Downtown district. It is situated at the intersection of Koszykowa, Marszałkowska, Piękna, Śniadeckich, and Waryńskiego Streets. Opened in 1952, it is surrounded by the socialist realist multifamily residential buildings of the Marshal Residential District.

Name

Constitution Square was named on 19 July 1952 after the Constitution of the Polish People's Republic, which was ratified a few days later on 22 July, on the same day that the square was opened.[1][2]

In 1999, a group headed by Radosław Sikorski, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, launched a campaign to rename the square after Ronald Reagan, President of the United States from 1981 to 1989, as part of the decommunization efforts. It was unsuccessful, and the square remains one of the last places in the city with a name linked to the communist period.[3]

In 2004, a small southwestern section of the square, at the intersection with Waryńskiego Street, was named Pakulski Brothers Alley (Polish: Zaułek Braci Pakulskich). The name comes from three brothers, Adam, Jan, and Wacław Pakulski, who owned chain of grocery stores Pakulski Brothers, with one of them formerly placed in a tenement at 57 Marszałkowska Street, in what is now the centre of the square.[4][5]

History

Constitution Square in the 1950s

Constitution Square was laid out in 1952 as the central part of a then-constructed housing estate of the Marshal Residential District.[6] It was constructed on the axis of Marszałkowska Street, in place of the compact street grid with tenements, most of which were destroyed during the Second World War. During the construction, all surviving buildings were demolished. The street layout was also significantly altered, including moving Koszykowa and Piękna Streets, and building the new Waryńskiego Street.[6][7][8]

Constitution Square in the 1970s

Originally, the square was envisioned to feature a large fountain at its centre, and to be a final destination of the annual International Workers' Day manifestation marches.[9][10] Its centre was instead turned into a large car park.[6]

Constitution Square was ceremonially opened, together with the entire Marshal Residential District, on 22 July 1952. The same day marked the ratification of the Constitution of the Polish People's Republic, that is the square's namesake.[1]

In 1989, in the café Niespodzianka at 6 Constitution Square, the headquarters of the Solidarity Citizens' Committee of Warsaw, which took part in the 1989 Polish parliamentary election, were set up. In 2019, a plaque commemorating this event was unveiled.[11][12]

In the 1980s, it was planned to construct there the Plac Konstytucji station of the M1 line of the Warsaw Metro underground rapid transit system. Its preliminary construction begun in 1986, before being halted in 1989 due to budgetary restrictions.[13][14] The city announced plans to resume the project in 2019, and in 2022 was presented its design.[14][15] Currently, the preparatory work is in progress ahead of the construction.[16]

Characteristics

Constitution Square is on the axis of Marszałkowska Street, and forms an intersection of Koszykowa, Marszałkowska, Piękna, Śniadeckich, and Waryńskiego Streets. Tram tracks also run along the square.[6][17] Its central section forms a car park, surrounded by the road intersection, while the outlying sections form a pedestrian area.[6][8][18] The southwestern part, next to the intersection with Waryńskiego Street, is known as Pakulski Brothers Alley (Polish: Zaułek Braci Pakulskich).[19]

The square is surrounded by six- and seven-storey multifamily residential buildings of the Marshal Residential District, designed in socialist realist style.[6] This includes the MDM Hotel at the intersection of Marszałkowska and Waryńskiego Streets, the first hotel to be opened in Warsaw after the Second World War.[6][20] Parallel to it, three large candelabra pillars are placed on the square.[6] At the ground floors of the buildings around the square stores and services were opened.[21]

Currently, the Plac Konstytucji station of the M1 line of the Warsaw Metro underground rapid transit system is planned there.[14][15]

  • MDM Hotel at 1 Constitution Square
    MDM Hotel at 1 Constitution Square
  • One of the three large candelabra pillars
    One of the three large candelabra pillars
  • One of the reliefs featuring a labourer
    One of the reliefs featuring a labourer

References

  1. ^ a b Karol Małcużyński: Szkice warszawskie. Warsaw: Książka i Wiedza, 1955, p. 157. (in Polish)
  2. ^ "Kronika wydarzeń w Warszawie 1945−1958", Warszawskie Kalendarz Ilustrowany 1959. Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Tygodnika Ilustrowanego Stolica, 1958, p. 66. (in Polish)
  3. ^ "Europe: Reagan touted for Warsaw honour". news.bbc.co.uk. 5 July 1999. Archived from the original on 22 November 2002. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Zaułek Braci Pakulskich". srodmiescie.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  5. ^ "Uchwała Nr 88/17/2004 Rady Dzielnicy Śródmieście Miasta Stołecznego Warszawy z dnia 23 kwietnia 2004 r". bip.warszawa.pl (in Polish). 23 April 2004. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Eugeniusz Szwankowski: Ulice i place Warszawy Warsaw: Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, 1970, p. 79–80. (in Polish)
  7. ^ Rafał Bielski, Jakub Jastrzębski: Utracone miasto. Warszawa wczoraj i dziś. Warsaw: Skarpa Warszawska, 2016, p. 102. ISBN 978-83-63842-27-7. (in Polish)
  8. ^ a b Józef Sigalin: Warszawa 1944–1980. Z archiwum architekta, vol. 2, Warsaw: PIW, 1986, p. 237–288. ISBN 83-06-01187-2. (in Polish)
  9. ^ Zygmunt Stępiński: Gawędy warszawskiego architekta. Warsaw: 1984, p. 88. ISBN 83-03-00447-6. (in Polish)
  10. ^ Dobiesław Jędrzejczyk: Geografia humanistyczna miasta. Warsaw: 2004, p. 298. ISBN 83-88938-77-0. (in Polish)
  11. ^ "Odsłonięcie tablicy pod dawną kawiarnią 'Niespodzianka'". um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  12. ^ Wojciech Karpieszuk (29 May 2019). "'Tu była Niespodzianka'. Opozycjoniści z czasów PRL-u odsłonili tablicę pamiątkową przed 30. rocznicą wyborów w 1989 r." warszawa.wyborcza.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 9 August 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  13. ^ Krystyna Krzyżakowa: "Życie codzienne Warszawy dzisiejszej", Kalendarz Warszawski '88. Warsaw: Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, 1987, p. 197. ISBN 83-03-01684-9. (in Polish)
  14. ^ a b c "Stacje Plac Konstytucji i Muranów". metro.waw.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  15. ^ a b Witold Urbanowicz (5 December 2022). "Metro: Główne założenia dla stacji Plac Konstytucji i Muranów gotowe [wizualizacje]". transport-publiczny.pl (in Polish).
  16. ^ Kamil Jabłczyński (26 March 2024). "Co ze stacjami Plac Konstytucji i Muranów na pierwszej linii metra? Toczą się prace. Czy powstaną przed remontem średnicy?". warszawa.naszemiasto.pl (in Polish).
  17. ^ "Plac Konstytucji". srodmiescie.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-27. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  18. ^ Krzysztof Mordyński: "Plac Konstytucji w Warszawie – eksperyment 'wielkomiejskiego' socrealizmu", Spotkania z Zabytkami, no. 2. 2008, p. 3–7. (in Polish)
  19. ^ "Zaułek Braci Pakulskich". srodmiescie.um.warszawa.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2024-08-09. Retrieved 2024-08-09.
  20. ^ Zenon Błądek: Dzieje krajowego hotelarstwa od zajazdu do współczesności: fakty, obiekty, ludzie. Poznań–Warsaw: Palladium Architekci, 2003, p. 32. ISBN 83-89284-02-2. (in Polish)
  21. ^ Tadeusz Podgórski: Zwiedzamy Warszawę. Warsaw: Sport i Turystyka, 1956, p. 182–184. (in Polish)

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