From the first time I clapped eyes on ul. Targowa (named, as attentive readers will remember, after the Russian General Targov), I found it decidedly exotic; putting me more in mind of Buenos Aires than of left-bank Warsaw. The broad, tree-lined avenue with tramway running down the middle sports an eclectic mix of architecture, from Tsarist tenements to 1930s modernism and 1960s blocks.
Below: a second-hand jewellry store; note the neon - one of the classics of its genre (I intend to write more about Warsaw's neons in the near future).
Below: architecture reminescent of Fritz Lang's
Metropolis (note the riot of advertising)
Below: if you want to get your broken video recorder repaired around here - tough. Targowa's last video repairman has gone out of business.
Below: Park Skaryszewski, the link between Stara Praga to the north and sophisticated Saska (Kępa) to the south. The statue in the distance is to Soviet heros who died 'liberating' Warsaw.
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No doubt more about the pearl of Warsaw's right-bank parkland anon, but compared to Park Łazienkowski, Park Skaryszewski feels more, well,
democratic. It's not gated, not shut at night; there's no ban on cycling or roller-blading (indeed in winter, there's a cross-country skiing track in the snow).
2 comments:
Targov wasn't the most recognized among the Russian generals, number one is undoubtly Dworcov, he has his street virtually in every city in Poland ;)
@ Chris: How right you are! Except the transliteration from Cyrillic into English should of course read "Dvortsov". (Not to be confused with Gen. Koleyov.)
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