cars, we would celebrate the fact on the
ZŁ: Maybe they didn't know... the
and repainted of course and then they
balcony with some home-made wine.
flats were being sold and none of the
will be good for further use for many,
My husband made delicious wine. When
documents stated they were considered
many more years. The new windows are
we were children, nobody would lock
of national interest. People alter the flats,
going to have aluminium casements with
their doors here, we wouldn't eat in our
change doors, and nobody actually cares.
double glazing and will be framed with
own homes but we would go from one
SS: Well, it's obvious that it all will have
wood outside.
apartment to another and eat in all of
to be replaced. What do you think the
them; here noodles, there dumplings...
idea behind that is?
GHL: What other original elements are
And when we went to play football,
ZŁ: But they're mounting new doors.
still here because as we know, many of
there were so many of us. We would
SS: What for? It all has to be changed.
them have disappeared?
run around the park: and the caretaker
ZŁ: Nobody informed us.
SS: Those small windows on the second
chasing us! All sorts of strange things
SS: I'm informing you now: hold on with
and third floors are original. In apartment
happened.
the windows, don't change them yet; the
15 the original floor has survived.
SS: People integrated then.
idea is to unify them all. The windows
SS: Could you say more about the house?
KB: Those were different times. Nobody
will have profiles so that they look like
Do you remember the post-war era?
would lock their doors. Window grates
the original ones that were here before
EŁ: And pre-war too!
or door phones were unthinkable then.
the war.
SS: You came here not long after the war. Can you tell us anything about what was
Now, in our old age, a lack of a lift has become a problem. Mr Edward Łyszczarz moved into
GHL: Are there any windows from
here, which elements are original and
before the war still around?
what it was like right after the war?
SS: Yes.
EŁ: I'll tell you everything in detail. I've been here since 1954. On the ground
Tramwajowa Street in the 1950s and with his family he lives in a ground-
GHL: What kind? Double, casement?
floor used to live some architect-engineer
floor apartment. His son, Zbigniew
SS: Yes, but few remain. The windows
who moved to Łódź. There were many
Łyszczarz, also took part in the
in the basement are the original ones.
more of such pioneers; the elderly passed
interview.
Of course, they're painted over and I've
away, the younger and their children
already thought about cleaning them
stayed here.
GHL: Do you remember when the
up. They can be reglazed as they aren’t
building became listed? Was there
warped and they’re located in a warm
GHL: When you moved in here in the
anything exciting going on?
place: in perfect conditions really. Their
50s was the building fully occupied,
ZŁ: No, not really, I didn't see anything in
most characteristic elements are the tin
did each family get a whole apartment?
particular.
frames which are kind of unique and
EŁ: Each family had their own apartment.
all in all they have to be cleaned up.
The house was surrounded with a low
GHL: So people simply didn’t know
The wooden elements are in quite good
fence, a nearby building had a barrier as
anything about it?
condition: all of them need to be cleaned
well and no unauthorized person could
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