Błękitny Wieżowiec

The Blue Tower Plaza is an office skyscraper in Warsaw. It is at the Varsovians as Błękitny Wieżowiec ( sky Blue skyscraper ) or Srebrny Wieżowiec known ( Silver Tower) and was formerly (before modernization of the panel) as Złocisty or Wieżowiec Złoty (Golden Tower) denotes. Built over a period of 26 years building located on the site after the suppression of the Ghetto Uprising blown under Jürgen Stroop Great Synagogue.

Location

The tower is located on Plac Bankowy (No. 2) in the downtown district of the city. Here the Ulica Marszałkowska begins and crosses the east -west route. In the historic district are located in the immediate vicinity of various, mostly rebuilt after the Second World War, notable buildings: the Arsenal, the Mniszech and the Blue Palace, used by the city council former palaces of the Treasury Minister and the Government Commission for income and finances. Also in sight are the building of the former stock exchange and National Bank, which converted to an office and the modern Hotel Saski Senator office building in the former Polish National Bank

The Blue Tower Plaza is located directly at the metro station Ratusz / Arsenal.

History

The first plans for a high-rise building has already begun in the 1950s, but in 1965 work began on the building, which should reach a height of 80 meters. Architects Jerzy Czyż, Andrzej Skopiński and Jan Furman. First, the supporting steel structure, the following was provided with a lining of aluminum and goldeloxiertem bronze mirror glass was formed. In this state, the body shop work was stopped in 1967 because of problems with the foundation and the object was the next few years unused; it received from the people the name of the "golden tower ". Some Warsaw claimed that the curse of a rabbi led on the object and it would therefore never completed. In fact, Jewish organizations protested against the construction at the site of the former synagogue. After a long dispute, the participants agreed on the installation of a Jewish memorial space in the new building. 1971 an updated version was developed for buildings that now provided for an increase in the high-rise building on a roof height of 100 meters. In 1974, work continued on the project until it again came to a Bauabbruch 1980.

In 1986, the construction work under the direction of architect and Marzena Lech Robaczyński Leszczynska ( company Wadeco Sp ) were resumed. The blueprints of the construction had gone lost in the meantime and had to be rebuilt. General Contractors was the Yugoslav company General Export Giposs. The old panel was replaced with a mirrored all-glass facade. This measure was taken in order to mitigate the meantime realized disturbance of the city skyline through the urban questionable placed buildings; in fact, it falls today thanks to the the sky reflecting facade no longer so clear. Construction was completed in 1991. Current owner is the First Property Sp.zoo, substantial tenant companies, Bank Pekao, PKO Bank Polski and Peugeot Polska. Peugeot is currently represented with a highly visible logo at the top of the building; formerly stood here a logo of the former tenant's Sony.

The tower is 100 meters high (with antenna 120 meters) and has 27 above ground and 2 underground floors with approximately 22,500 square meters of office space. In multi-story, stepped base of the building there are small shops, restaurants, bank branches and a showroom of Peugeot.

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