I decided to write the “Warsaw’s streets” text because I noticed that I use this phrase frequently.
My first memories of Warsaw’s streets are from the first half of the ’90s. These were days when I was visiting my beloved brother Marcinek in one of Warsaw’s hospitals. Then, my memories go back to the second half of the ’90s when I was visiting Warsaw with my parents to shop, watching Legia’s games with my Dad and friends at the Lazienkowska 3 Street, or just hanging around with my friends. While writing these things, I was reminded that we also often had school trips to Warsaw to see some museums or watch a movie in the cinema. Speaking shortly: I remember the streets of Warsaw from the early ’90s. I moved to Warsaw in 2004. It was not only me who started a new chapter in life. Who else did? My homeland, Poland, also began a new chapter. 2004 years was symbolical also for my country.
In 2004, Poland joined the European Union.
Why do I write about all these things? It is because I was an eyewitness and bystander who observed Warsaw’s transformation from a post-communist city to Central-Eastern Europe’s modern, capitalist capital with the most giant skyscrapers between Moscow and German Frankfurt. I love to stroll on Warsaw’s streets and analyze the view. Once I realize that this view can change dramatically within the next ten or twenty years, I have the desire to document everything I see, including dirt, rubbish, and old rags. How will the capital of Poland look in 2050? I hope to see it. How will it look in the XXII century? Perhaps I will never know it. That’s why I focus on everything that is here and now. Even if I see mundane places, I know that for future generations, my pictures can be a true treasure they will worship for their artistic quality.
