• Western part of Rynok square 2

Western part of Rynok square

Images

ID:
2816
Place
Lviv
Date:
1965/1970
Technique:
Photograph (printed on paper)
Size of the resource:
10x15 сm
Creator
Albert Patai
Collection
Liudmyla Patai
Copyright
Liudmyla Patai
Publisher
Unpublished resources
Description

This Soviet-era photograph almost exactly replicates the location and angle of Adam Lenkevich’s interwar photograph. In the 1960s, Rynok Square, around the town hall, still had park benches for sitting, which were convenient both for passers-by and shoppers at the numerous shops on Rynok, as well as for tourist groups to rest. The photograph shows Anna Patai with her daughter, Liudmyla, and niece, Natalia Skliarska, resting on one of these benches. The background features buildings Nos. 31 and 32 on Rynok Square, as well as the fountain with a sculptural figure of the sea goddess Amphitrite, situated in the north-western corner of the square. Building No. 31, which once housed the flagship store of the famous Y. A. Bachevsky, has been home to ‘Ready-to-Wear’ since the post-war period and still retains the profile of a shop selling manufactured goods. Building No. 32, constructed in 1912 by architect Michal Łużecki, once housed Lviv’s first department store, ‘Trust’. After the Second World War, it also housed a department store belonging to the Glavsobunivermag chain and a cultural goods depot, which were, however, located at 1 Tribunalska Street (now Shevska Street). In 1956, Branch No. 3 of the Central Department Store was still located here; at that time, it occupied two floors of the building at 1–3 Halytska Square (its second address was 11 Mitskevych Square), and its entrance was at the corner of the building. From the late 1960s, this was also Branch No. 3, but the Central Department Store was already located at 1 Shpytalna Street.

Tags:
Square, fountain, department store, people, benches
Category:
Squares
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