Most older buildings, like this one, served a unique purpose in their day but it is hard to retrofit them to work in these times. Often, over here, it is cheaper to build a new one than to rebuild an old one.
Chorzów[ˈxɔʐuf] is a city in Silesia (coordinates: 50°18′N 18°57′E), southern Poland with around 114,680 (2006) inhabitants and an area of 33.5 km². Chorzów is situated on the Rawa river on the Silesian Highland in the heart of the Upper Silesian Industrial Area, 7 km north-west of Katowice. Chorzów is in the middle of Upper Silesian Metropolitan Union, the largest legally-recognized urban entity in Poland with a population of 2.2 mln. The population of the urban area in the conurbation around Chorzów is about 3.5 million. (From Wikipedia.)
The main building of the old hospital (formally: 'Complex of town's hospitals').
Is it still in use? It looks quite old. I wouldn't want to be on that steep roof!
ReplyDeleteThat was indeed snow in my road picture. There is still snow up on the mountains around town but it will all be melted soon.
Yes, it is still in use. The building is interesting, but not very functional. (I was inside recently...)
ReplyDeleteMost older buildings, like this one, served a unique purpose in their day but it is hard to retrofit them to work in these times. Often, over here, it is cheaper to build a new one than to rebuild an old one.
ReplyDeleteThere is great beauty in the old one though.
Stary i piękny budynek! Wspaniała architektura!
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