EditorialAfter World War II Warsaw was in ruins. The rebuilding of Stare Miasto, the Old Town, was done after 18th century paintings by Canaletto. The painstaking recon-struction lasted until 1963. Scaffoldings in a narrow, reconstructed street in the Old Town....
EditorialWarsaw's "Stare Miasto",the old market,totally destroyed during World War II, was rebuilt in its original Renaissance splendour between 1950 and 1963.This was an extraordinary effort at a time when Poland was impoverished after the war.Warsaw,1956.
EditorialRebuilding Warsaw:while the old town and Stare Miasto square were lovingly rebuilt from Belotto's 18th ct. paintings,the district with the new administration buildings was sharply criticized in the Polish press for its "Stalinist"architecture.Warsaw,1956.