Babia Wieś Street, Bydgoszcz

This tiny house sheltered from 1973 to 2016,[10] the activities of the "Underwater Archeology club Tryton" (Polish: Klub Archeologii Podwodnej „Tryton”). [11]

The club gathered divers and archaeologists interested in underwater archaeological research; it cooperated with Andrzej Kola and Gerard Wilke, from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń (UMK), Olga Romanowska-Grabowska, a researcher from Bydgoszcz, prof. Zbigniew Bukowski from the Institute of the History of Material Culture (Polish: Instytut Historii Kultury Materialne (IHKM)) of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Olga Romanowska-Grabowska from the office of the Provincial Conservator of Monuments (Polish: Biuro Konserwatora Zabytków).

The peak of his activity took place in the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s. Among "Tryton"'s finds, one can cite:[12]

• a dugout canoe in the lake of Wielkie Gacno;
• a 4-meter-long boat from the lake Ostrowite near Chojnice;
• wooden structures from an early medieval settlement in lake Łąkorek;
• a wooden palisade, the remains of a wooden bridge as well as Roman stone blocks in a lake near Mogilno;
• a medieval keep, remains of an early medieval stronghold and Lusatian culture artifacts in lake Wolskie;
• limestone kilns and two wooden platforms in the Gąsawka river.

The club also participated in the research of the Solena wreck conducted by the Central Maritime Museum in Gdańsk.[13]

At the end of the 1980s, club divings abated. In the 1990s and the 2000s, its activity was almost non-existent. Despite a will to reinvigorate the association in 2010,[11] it was dismantled in 2016.

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  Underwater archeology club "Tryton"

One building is registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601263, A/1103, November 19, 1993[14]

1933-1937[15]

In early 1910, several rowing were established in then Bromberg, along the right bank of the Brda river. Among them, the following ones are still active:

• Bydgoszcz Rowing Club (Polish: Bydgoski Klub Wioślarek (BKW)) was founded on January 25, 1926. It was and remains a women-only rowing club. Till 1920, the club used a riverside dwelling belonging to the "State Agricultural School" at 6/8 Bernardyńska Street. In 1934, the club received on a perpetual lease the current plot along the river: a rowing marina was erected in 1936. It has been serving the association to this day.[16]
• Uczniowski Klub Sportowy-UKS Kopernik Bydgoszcz (English: Student Sports Club) is a canoeing club established in 1994. It uses the facilities at 5 Babia Wieś street. The initial patronage of the club was carried out by the "Łączność" multi-sports club (1933-2006).

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  View of one boathouse ca 1936
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  Boathouse at No 3
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  Boathouse of the UKS "Kopernik"
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  Boathouse of the "BKW", registered on the heritage list

End of 19th century

Eclecticism

This building displays a facade on Toruńska Street and a backyard on Babia Wieś street.

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  View from Toruńska street
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  Backyard onto Babia Wieś street

Mid 1930s[17]

Modernism

Initial address was "22 Schiffer straße".

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  Main elevation
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  Detail of the entrance door

1925-1927,[15] by Bogdan Raczkowski[18]

Modernism

This housing estate was built in the second half of the 1920s, after a decision of the municipal authorities.[19] At the time, the numbering of the ensemble was "3a" to "3d".

Each building was designed with a rectangular strip of land for the cultivation of vegetables and flowers in the backyard. On both sides of the arched entrances, one can notice loggias.[20] Furthermore, the facades display remarkable ogee wall gables. A renovation has been launched by the city in 2020 and will last several years.[21]

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  the building ca 1930s, view from the left river side
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  The arched entrance, still bearing the "3" old numbering
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  Renovated elevation
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  Detail of the renovated facade

1890s[15]

The first registered landlord of the building at then "6 Toruńska" and previously "6 Thornerstraβe" was Carl Bennewitz, a wheel craftsman producing wagons.[22]

The ensemble has an elevation onto Toruńska Street (Nr.15) and the courtyard housing the ancient brick workshop onto Babia Wieś street.

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  View of the courtyard from the Babia Wieś street

End of 19th century[15]

Eclecticism

Initially located at "19 Schifferstraβe", Jakob Michalski, a grocery merchant[22] was the first owner.

The faded façade still offers some details of eclectic architecture: bossage, brick pediments, cartouches and top corbel tables.

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  Main frontage onto Babia Wieś street

2022[23]

Modern architecture

On the plot, occupied since the mid 1850s,[24] has been constructed a brand new tenement unveiled in 2022. Design has been realized by the firm Spółdzielnia Mieszkaniowa „Nad Brdą”.

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  New estate ensemble at Nr.12

End of 19th century[15]

Eclecticism

The house was registered at its erection at "16/17 Schifferstraβe": it was he property of Eleonore and Wilhlem Bublitz.[25] The latter was a railway worker.[22]

The backyard of the house harbors a commercial workshop.

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  Main facade on the street

2022[26]

The edifice is an extension of the Sue Ryder's "Psychoneurology Center for old age" ("Polish: Centrum Psychoneurologii Wieku Podeszłego") at 29 Toruńska. The recently added facility at 20 Babia Wieś street is a Day Care Center ("Polish: Dzienny Dom Opieki Medycznej").[26]

As of today (2022)),the Sue Ryder Foundation has established nearly 30 centers in Poland. These homes provide support and care for the sick and the disabled. The vast majority of these houses have their own specialization.

In addition, 14 "Sue Ryder Houses" operate in Poland, specifically caring for cancer patients.[27] In 1963, the first one was established in Bydgoszcz, built at "Dr Jurasz University Hospital Nr. 1". The second one was established at the Oncologic center in Fordon district.[27]

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  View of the Sue Ryder Center at 29 Toruńska street

1930[15]

Modernism

The area was a garden from the late 19th century to the 1920s, extending between Toruńska and Babia Wieś streets.[25] In 1930, the plot was acquired by Jan Tykwiński, who had the tenement constructed.[17]

Although badly damaged, the house mirrors other modernist edifices from the similar period in Bydgoszcz, like in Asnyka or in Chodkiewicza streets.[28]

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  View from the street

ca 1897

Eclecticism

Dated from 1897, as mentioned on the facade pediment, the villa was owned by a butcher, Richard Fröhlich.[29] At the time, its address was 12 Thörnerstraße.

Renovated in 2021, the villa displays many architectural motifs, in particular a window above the entrance adorned with columns bearing lion's heads, a triangular gable and two urns standing at each extremity of the elevation.

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  View from the street
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  The villa after renovation