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Osiedle ZUS

Modernist architecture in PolandŁódź
Ulica Bednarska 24 i 26 in Łódź
Ulica Bednarska 24 i 26 in Łódź

Osiedle ZUS (also known as ZUS Clerical-Workers' Colony in Łódź, originally Z.U.P.U. Clerical-Workers' Estate/Colony in Łódź) is a small residential estate in the northern part of the former Górna district of Łódź, within the northern section of the Łódź Municipal Information System area of Kurak. It is bounded by the streets Bednarska, Unicka, Sanocka, and Adolf Dygasiński. The estate comprises seven multi-family blocks embodying International Style within the modernist style, constructed between 1930 and 1932 by the Building-Housing Association of the Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych, ZUS).

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Osiedle ZUS
Bednarska, Łódź Górniak (Łódź-Górna)

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Bednarska
93-031 Łódź, Górniak (Łódź-Górna)
Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
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Bednarska Street, Łódź
Bednarska Street, Łódź

Bednarska Street is a street located in the northern part of the former Górna district of Łódź, forming a boundary that separates three Urban Information System areas: Górniak from Chojny (on the section from Rzgowska Street to Unicka Street) and Górniak from Kurak (on the section from Unicka Street to Pabianicka Street). It connects Rzgowska Street with Pabianicka Street and serves as an extension of Wólczańska Street, which was established much earlier. The properties on the northern, odd-numbered side of the street are situated in Górniak, while the properties on the southern, even-numbered side are located in Chojny (between Rzgowska and Unicka streets) and in Kurak (between Unicka and Pabianicka streets). Bednarska Street begins at the intersection with Rzgowska Street, initially heading southwest. After the intersection with Julian Korsak Street, it turns northwest and ends at the intersection with Pabianicka Street. Its northern extension, beyond the intersection with Pabianicka Street, is Wólczańska Street. The name of the street, derived from the noun bednarz (meaning cooper, a craftsman who makes wooden vessels), has no geographical justification. The street holds the status of a county road (no. 1105E). It is two-way along its entire length. It passes through Legionów Park, which includes the former factory park of Ernst Leonhardt (on the northern, odd-numbered side of the street) and the former Social Insurance Institution park (on the southern, even-numbered side). The initial section of the street, up to the intersection with Unicka Street (properties numbered 3–9 and 2–20), belongs to the Roman Catholic Parish of Our Lady of the Angels, while the further section (properties numbered 24–42) belongs to the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Luke the Evangelist and St. Florian.

White Factory
White Factory

The White Factory (Polish: Biała Fabryka) is the classicist building in Łódź, Poland, constructed in 1835–1839 to host a textile factory which belonged to Ludwik Geyer. It currently hosts the Central Museum of Textiles and Folk Dance Ensemble "HARNAM". It is considered a fine example of early industrial architecture in Łódź. The building is located at the southern end of Piotrkowska Street, south of the city center. In the first half of the 19th century Łódź, which was a part of the Congress Poland and previously a small town, experienced a rapid economic and industrial development. The city was open for migrants, and Geyer, a German originally from Saxony, moved to the city to start textile production. The building was reconstructed several times after the 1830s but still retains its original plan. In 1955, the decision was taken to host the Central Museum of Textiles in the building, and in 1958 the reconstruction works which made the building usable as a museum started. The museum was established as an independent institution in 1960. Simultaneously, the building was still exploited as a factory until 1990, when the production in the eastern wing stopped. The wing was transferred to the museum in the 2002, completing the transfer of the whole complex.White Factory is a four-wing building with a courtyard. The oldest wing is the western one, facing Piotrkowska Street. The northern wing is from 1838, the southern one is from 1847, and the eastern wing was built in 1886. In the courtyard, the Old Boiler House is constructed. The complex has a high chimney, two dust towers, and two water towers, which is an unusual solution for the first half of the 19th century. South of the building, a pond is made. Next to the White Factory, still on industrial grounds, the Open Air Museum of Łódź Timber Architecture was opened in 2009.The building was classified as a cultural heritage monument.

Reinhold Richter Villa
Reinhold Richter Villa

Reinhold Richter Villa at Skorupki Street 6/8 in Łódź, Poland in a park named after the bishop Michał Klepacz is now the main office of the Rector of Lodz University of Technology (TUL). The villa was built by an architect Ignatius Stebelski in the years 1903–1904 at then Placowa Street. The building was designed according to German and English examples of "irregular architecture" for Reinhold Richter. His brother, Joseph Richter, had built his villa in the vicinity a few years earlier, so the park joined both buildings. After the death of Reinhold Richter in 1930, his wife Matilda, and their five children co-owned the villa. After the death of Matilda there was a further division of the property. Jadwiga Scheibler née Richter was the last inhabitant till the Second World War. After the war, the villa was taken over by the Association of Workers’ Universities. From 1951 to 1956 it housed the Preparatory Centre for Higher Schools. On 23 November 1954 a document transferring the ownership of the building to Lodz University of Technology was drawn up, but the transfer finally took place in the first half of 1956, when it became the seat of the newly created Faculty of Civil Engineering. From 1969 to 1976 the villa housed the Publications Department of TUL. In 1977 it was decided that the building will be used as the Rector’s main office. One year later the repair and maintenance work started which lasted, with a few years break, until April 1985. The official transfer of the building took place on the 40th anniversary of TUL on 24 May 1985.