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Despite Poland’s ‘concrete calamities’ there is hope, says Alex Webber

As part of a wider ambition to humanise Warsaw’s city centre, plans for Plac Pięciu Rogów (for the sake of ease, I’ll call it Five Corners from now on) had promised for the provision of a cosmopolitan enclave filled with “shade-giving trees, fountains, benches and outdoor art installations.” Zdm.waw.pl

Throw a dart at a map and the chances are it will land on a town that has been perverted by concrete: Leżajsk, Parczew, Wągrowiec, Końskowola, Skawina, Bartoszyce, Skierniewice – the list of shame could fill a phone book. But, are things slowly changing?

‘Some people say this place is unlike any other cinema’: the history and the uncertain future of Warsaw’s famous Atlantic cinema

It survived the Second World War and communism, but will it survive the next few years?

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