Situated in the northern part of Bydgoszcz's architecturally rich downtown, this eastern offshoot of Gdańska Street is one of the city's most beautiful and stylish 19th-century residential streets. Built between 1896 and 1904, it features luxurious and richly decorated tenements in styles such as Art Nouveau, eclecticism with Neo-Baroque, Neo-Renaissance, and Neo-Gothic motifs. This exclusive street was home to the higher social strata—Prussian administration officials, entrepreneurs, officers, and doctors. Renowned architects associated with Bydgoszcz, such as Fritz Weidner, Józef Święcicki, Karl Bergner, Paul Bӧhm, and Rudolf Kern, were involved in its development. Today, it's considered one of the most architecturally interesting streets in Bydgoszcz, reflecting the spirit of "Bydgoszcz Art Nouveau" from the fin de siècle period. Decorative forms on the buildings include mascarons, herms, coats of arms, elements of hidden symbolism carrying various messages and allegories, such as the corner figure of a halberdier on the tenement at No. 22, personifications of Day and Night (No. 9), symbols of the Ship-Corvette and the Coming Night (No. 11). The street is adjacent to the Art Nouveau villas on Gdańska Street (Blumwe's Villa and Flora's Villa) and the Music District.
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