Housing Estate of the Officers’ Housing Cooperative
Michał Guzikowski, Alfred Kramarski, Franciszek Mączyński, Józef Pokutyński i inni
Beliny-Prażmowskiego Av. and its whereabouts
1939
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The estate was built on the grounds of the former Austrian Kraków Fortress, close to the fort at Mogilska St. The cooperative was founded in 1922 and it purchased the grounds at an affordable price; in 1923 the first subdivisions took place and in the years 1924-1925 the City Building Office prepared the urban plans. The estate composed of single-family villas or those for a few families has not been the only one of its kind in pre-war Poland; similar estates was laid out, for instance, at the Mount of St. Jack in Lwów. The forms of architecture were rather traditional, tying in with the Polish small manors, but also modernised. Even though they underwent many a rebuilding, the state has retained its garden city character.