ZIELIŃSKI Jaroslaw - Warsaw metropolitan. Union Square and surroundings [2013].

Warsaw 2013 EKBIN Studio PR. Series: Connoisseur of History. 16.5x24 cm, pp. 285, black and white and color photographs in the text, soft cover with wings. Very good condition.

A book describing the history and contemporary appearance of a section of Warsaw in the area of Union Square. The reader will find information about such streets as Polna, Marszalkowska and Szucha Avenue, as well as interesting facts about passing buildings - who erected them, what previously stood in their place and who lived in them. The publication contains numerous photos and plans of the city, both from before the war and showing architectural and aesthetic changes. Among other things, one can discover in it where Warsaw's first airport was located. It is a very richly illustrated guidebook, combining information about past and present Warsaw. The historical part was written by prominent varsavianist Jaroslaw Zielinski.