Interview
Administration in Prusa Street and the branch in Jezierskiego Street. Look at what they’ve done – each window is different! Why did the former landlord carry out such renovation works? They changed the entrance door downstairs and didn't know it’s a national monument? If the authorities set such a bad example, people don't care. One
It should be stressed that this house would be a ruin if it hadn`t been for the tenants who had done some renovations on their own.
of them changed the windows, then the other, one company came and mounted MK: Fine, but if someone had taken out
the windows in one way; another
a loan to change the windows and now,
company installed them in a different
after 3 years, somebody comes along and
way. Now it’s a huge problem. What
album. They showed us that such an
tells them to change them again and pay
is the Historic Preservation Officer to
exhibition had taken place.
for them to boot, even if it’s only 10% of
say? "Remove these windows and leave
MK: We already knew about the
the total amount, they still have to bear
those? " So the reply would be, "Remove
exhibition when they wanted to build a
the mess and inconvenience again, it’s no
all of them and mount identical ones
coffee bar here, which was before Martial
wonder it all turns out like that.
instead."
Law; so that must have been in 1980 at the latest.
GHL: Certainly, but they should be
GHL: But does everybody know it’s
happy that they don’t live in Germany
a monument? Do all the residents
GHL: It became listed more or less at
where they would have to pay a fine
know what WuWA is? When did you
that time.
for removing the old windows from a
realise that? In the 90s, when the first
TK: Well, generally everyone would
building that has been protected by the
historical publications about WuWA
always say that this house... Once a guy
Historic Preservation Officer for the
appeared, or earlier?
came to complete a valuation. There was
last forty years.
TK: Earlier, sometime during the time of
some change in the law and it turned
TK: Only now are we preparing a
Martial Law...
out that if my mother had died and I
project to renovate the whole building.
MK:We had to write something for
had died, then my wife wouldn't have
Who was the real landlord of this
school...
been able to become the main tenant.
building then? It was the City because
TK: We knew about the history of this
The City wanted to sell the flats, so
it had most shares in it. It was the City
building. Our friends' parents had an
we decided to buy. Then the adjuster
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