Zwycięzców Street

Zwycięzców Street starts at Wał Miedzeszyński Street [pl] and ends near Międzynarodowa Street. It intersects with Katowicka, Kryniczna, Zakopiańska, Poselska, Francuska, Alliance Square, Aldony, Wandy, Jan Styka, Alfred Nobel, Saska, Niekłańska, and Międzynarodowa streets. The street is two-way and single-carriageway throughout, with dedicated turning lanes onto Wał Miedzeszyński and Francuska streets. It has no bike lanes. City bus routes operate along the street.^[1]

Originally named August III Street, Zwycięzców Street was mentioned in a 1925 municipal technical department project planning a commercial area at its intersection with Saska Street.^[2] Pavement and sidewalks were laid in 1938.^[3] During the 1939 defense of Warsaw, a barricade stood at the intersection with Francuska Street.^[4] After the German occupation, the Warsaw Reconstruction Office preserved the street's transportation role.^[5]

Some buildings date to the interwar period, such as 1928 houses from the Saska Colony.^[6] Polish People's Republic-era construction includes Saska Kępa I estate (1960, between Angorska, Międzynarodowa, Saska, and Zwycięzców streets, designed by Arnold Majorek) and Saska Kępa II estate (between Międzynarodowa, Zwycięzców, Paryska streets, and Łazienki Route).^[7] A late-20th century example is a 2000 apartment building at the corner of Zwycięzców and Międzynarodowa streets, designed by Jacek Zielonka.^[8]

• 7/9 Zwycięzców Street: School Complex No. 77, including Bolesław Prus High School with Bilingual Sections (formerly also Junior High School No. 19).^[9] Designed by Barbara and Hieronim Karpowicz before socialist realism (1949), the building features a characteristic brick facade decoration (1953–1954).^[10] On the Katowicka Street side is a relief of the Mermaid of Warsaw by Wojciech Czerwosz [pl].^[11] A bust of school patron Bolesław Prus by Stanisław Sikora [pl] stands in front, unveiled 19 May 1983.^[12]
• 10 Zwycięzców Street: Genzl family villa from 1938, designed by Kazimierz Rafalski.^[13]
• 11 Zwycięzców Street: On its Katowicka Street wall is the relief Harvest by Jerzy Jarnuszkiewicz, one of the last preserved elements of 1940s Katowicka Street decoration.^[14] Listed as a historical monument in 2011^[15] and restored.^[16]
• 12 Zwycięzców Street: Embassy of Azerbaijan [pl].^[17]
• 15 Zwycięzców Street: Former Retro Corner known for interior decor, briefly Solidarity Electoral Action office;^[18] now an art gallery, consignment shop, and restaurant.^[19]
• 19 Zwycięzców Street: Multi-family house from 1935, designed by Stanisław Barylski [pl].^[13]
• 2 Francuska Street (corner of Zwycięzców Street): Łepkowski villa (1933–1934) by Lucjan Korngold [pl] and Piotr Maria Lubiński. Features a large garden terrace accessed by winding stairs,^[10] praised as realizing Le Corbusier's ideas.^[20] Currently houses Bose International Planning and Architecture.^[21]
• 29 Zwycięzców Street: Embassy of Columbia [pl].^[17]
• 30 Zwycięzców Street: Multi-family house from 1937, designed by Leonard Kario.^[13]
• 31 Zwycięzców Street: Multi-family house from 1935, designed by Roman Feliński.^[13] Home of Wanda Grodecka, a Warsaw Uprising medic; in 1944, her apartment sheltered three insurgents brought by Julian Ambroziewicz [pl].^[22]
• 34 Zwycięzców Street: Headquarters of the Ministry of Justice Department of Legal Professions and Access to Legal Aid.^[23]
• 39 Zwycięzców Street: Apartment 10, home of Witold Lutosławski from 1946 to 1968.^[24]
• 44 Zwycięzców Street: School Complex No. 84, including Wiktor Gomulicki Primary School No. 168 and Czesław Niemen Junior High School No. 25 with Bilingual Sections.^[25]
• 46 Zwycięzców Street: Post Office No. 111.^[26]

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  20 Zwycięzców Street: Memorial plaque
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  20 Zwycięzców Street: Memorial plaque
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  22 Zwycięzców Street: Memorial plaque
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  39 Zwycięzców Street: Memorial plaque
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  Majestat Wszechżycia by Ryszard Wojciechowski