West of Warsaw's central axis

I have little reason to wander west of al. Jana Pawła II*, so when I get the chance I do so to cast a fresh eye at the architecture of a part of town that I don't know too well. Below: ul Żelazna ('Iron St'), Mirów, an abandoned tenement remembering Tsarist days awaits its fate. Will it be torn down to be replaced by a steel-and-glass structure - or will old-school brick once more be home to urban families?

Below: another metallicly named street in Mirów - ul. Miedziana ('Copper St'), home to a nondescript 1960s piece of modernism that's well past its prime.

Left: heading south towards parts of Warsaw better known to me - this fin-de-siecle tenement in good condition stands on Al. Jerozolimskie**. The gate was open so I popped into get this snap - very Central European, very Grand Budapest Hotel.

Below: quiz: can anyone tell me where this 1930s bas relief is to be found? Kind of fascistic/masonic in feel with two very masculine-looking women on the right. "Through Self-Goverment and Social Work to a Mighty Poland". After the war, the word 'Ludowej' (as in 'People's Poland') was squeezed unconvincingly into the narrow space at the bottom, only to be removed after the fall of communism.

Below: further west along Al. Jerozolimskie, approaching W-wa Zachodnia station, and in between several new office buildings between the road and the tracks.

Bonus pic, below: two rakes of empty aviation fuel cisterns await being taken away from Okęcie airport, under autumnal skies. This sight will soon become a memory as the railway spur between the airport's avgas terminal and W-wa Okęcie station, running through the backs of działki on its short route will soon be closed and ripped up. In its stead, aviation fuel will be taken by train to a transshipment facility just south of the Poleczki viaduct and then pumped to the airport via a pipeline running under the tracks and under the S79 expressway.

* and ** Note the different style in writing Al. Jerozolimskie and al. Jana Pawła II. Both are correct. This is because Aleje Jerozolimskie are plural, while aleja Jana Pawła II is singular.

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