Empik building: Warsaw Tenement house at Nowy Świat 15/17 This is an important piece of the city's post -war history. Empik operated here for 71 years (during the Polish People's Republic as KMPiK – International Press and Book Club). The bookstore finally gave up the rental of real estateWhen it was decided in the town hall to raise the rent and closed its doors in February 2022. Since then, the tenement has been empty. The decaying building requires renovation. Initially, it was decided to rent a tenement house for a maximum period of 10 years and the tenant was to deal with the renewal of the object. However, claims for real estate were made by traffic, and the pending enfranchisement proceedings delayed the whole case for a year. In October last year The subject of the lease returned. However, it will not happen to the prepared tender.
State Treasury building: There were several ideas what to do with the tenement house after moving out Empik. The owner of the facility is the State Treasurythough It was managed by the City Hall, collecting 25 percent. Konstanty Radziwiłł, then the position of the voivode Mazowieckie There he created a temporary point of help for war immigrants from Ukraine, and planned to open the department to service foreigners. Ultimately, it ended in fiasco just like the intentions of another voivode, Tobias Bochnia. From the end of 2023, the President of Warsaw again undertakes the dispositions about the building.
Historical sentiment: The tenement has become in recent years Known mainly from the “Battle of Empik”as jokingly determined the clash of nationalists and police during the Independence March in 2020. But built in 1949-1950 property This is not only a monument to socialist realist architecture, but also a place where Warsaw residents have been supplied with press and books for decades.
New interested: – Despite obtaining consent, we abstained with the tender procedure because The Ministry of Culture reported its interest in the property. Bearing in mind the unique, historic nature of real estate and the location in the very center of the capital, the city supports the initiative of allocating funds from the state budget for the renovation of the building and the creation of an open space for residents in this place – such information for tvnwarszawa.pl was given by the press department of the town hall. So far, it has not been stated as the ministry intends to use the facility. Rather, enigmatic slogans such as “the possibility of using culture -forming locations in Warsaw” or “Restoring them to Warsaw's urban tissue”, which would apply to both the tenement house in the new world and other historically relevant places.
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Source: Tvn24