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Central Department Store in Warsaw — Image Gallery

Construction site of the Smyk Department Store in Warsaw, 1950, photo: Dobrosław Kobielski, 'Warszawa na Fotografiach z XIX Wieku' (Warsaw in 19th-century Photographs), Artystyczno-Graficzne Publishing House, Warsaw 1970, p. 68

General view of the Central Department Store from the corner of Krucza Street and Jerozolmiskie Avenue, 1977, photo: Rutowska Grażyna/National Digital Archives

The Central Department Store, 1975. Pictured: A shop assistant shows an inflatable beach ball at a toy stall, photo: Rutowska Grażyna/National Digital Archives

An advertisement on the Central Department Store's rooftop, 1960, Warsaw, photo: Tadeusz Rolke/AG

A view of the Central Department Store, 1963, Warsaw, photo: Zbyszko Siemaszko/Forum

A fire in the Central Department Store in Warsaw destroyed the topmost floors, 1975, photo: Andrzej Rybczyński/PAP

The Central Department Store, 1970s, photo: Chris Niedenthal/Forum

Shopping for childcare products and toys in the Central Department Store, 1980, photo: Tomasz Listopadzki/PAP

Revitalisation of the Central Department Store, Central Department Store in Warsaw, visualisation, 2017, photo: Immobel Poland

Opis

The Central Department Store was located at 15/19 Bracka Street in Warsaw, at the junction of Krucza Street and Jerozolimskie Avenue. The building was designed in the years 1947-1948 by Zbigniew Ihnatowicz and Jerzy Romański. The store opened its door to the customers on 22nd July 1951 as CDT, the abbreviation of Centralny Dom Towarowy.

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