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The Old Market Square 2
The Old Market Square, appropriately named since it is oldest square in Łódź, has been with the city since its earliest days. In the first half of the 20th century only Jews resided in this vicinity. Commerce blossomed here: this was the location of …
The Old Market Square 3
Old Market Square as seen from Zgierska Street and the square's southwest corner. We can see a group of store fronts that today no longer exist running along the southern and eastern sides of the square. A crowd of respectable size underscores the…
The Old Market Square 4
Along the eastern frontage line of Łódź's Old Market Square one could always find a long line of horse-drawn cabs. The horse-drawn coach or droshky was the early-twentieth-century counterpart of today's taxi. On an advertising post (only partly seen…
The Preventorium in Łagiewniki
Children's Preventorium, established in Łagiewniki in 1920 for children infected with tuberculosis. At this facility, children could rest in conditions favorable to their recovery. One of the establishment's founders, Seweryn Sterling was a…
The Railroad Park
The Beginnings
The Scheibler farm - view from the water
A view of the pond on the river Jasień. In the distance one can see a group of farm buildings belonging to the Scheibler family. On Sundays or other days after work nearby Łódź residents would flock to the pond for rest and relaxation, perhaps to…
The Seipelt Bookstore at No. 67 Piotrowska Street
This bookstore's window display is packed with patriotic decoration: the Polish state emblem and a portrait of Józef Piłsudski announce National Independence Day, celebrated for the first time on October 11, 1937. This modern bookstore was the…
The Sick Fund Sanatorium in Tuszynek
The first home for children endangered by tuberculosis was set up in Tuszynek in 1927. The home boasted six sleeping wards and a large dining area (pictured here). In the photo, several dozen girls being treated at the facility sit around a large…
The Special School at No. 93 Nawrot Street - boarding-house for boys
In 1927 the Łódź City Council established nine institutions for children with behavior problems. In total, about 575 charges passed through these institutions. The boarding-house at the Special School (No. 93 Nawrot Street) could support 50…
The Tadeusz Kościuszko Universal Primary School on Nowomarysińska Street (current address Staszica Street, No. 1/3)
A view of a school building constructed in 1923–24 in the Polish Manorial Style (a style in Polish architecture of the late IX and early XX cc). Several nearby buildings, all constructed in the same aesthetic, served as teachers' dormitories. The…