Saska Street
street in Warsaw, Poland
Saska Street is a street in the Saska Kępa neighborhood of the Praga-Południe district in Warsaw, Poland. It stretches from Ateńska Street to George Washington Avenue.
The street's name refers to the Saxon dynasty, whose members once leased the Saska Kępa area. The same name was used until 1847 for a neighboring street near the Saxon Garden in Warsaw. The street is primarily lined with residential buildings, many from the interwar period, as well as commercial establishments and schools.
History
Saska Street was mentioned in a 1925 plan by the Warsaw Magistrate's Technical Department, which proposed creating a commercial area at the intersection of Zwycięzców Street and Saska Street. Designed as a major thoroughfare, the street was lined with double rows of trees and wide sidewalks, constructed in 1938. A wide green strip between the carriageway and sidewalk remains as evidence of a planned tram line intended to connect George Washington Avenue with Gocław. Several buildings from the 1930s survive, including a house at 101 Saska Street, believed to have served as an insurgent field hospital in Saska Kępa from August to October 1944.
Postwar construction occurred partly during the Polish People's Republic era, including the Saska Kępa I and Saska Kępa II estates.
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