WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Some Poles liken the skyscraper to an elephant in lace underpants. A famous poet dubbed it “the nightmare of a drunken baker.” And one joke goes that it provides the best view of ...
WARSAW (Reuters) -Seventy years after Soviet dictator Josef Stalin "gifted" the Palace of Culture and Science to Warsaw, the towering skyscraper at the heart of Poland's capital still stirs strong ...
a monumental skyscraper, built in 1952–1955 according to a design by L. W. Rudnev, located within the rectangle formed by the streets Marszałkowska, Świętokrzyska, Emilii Plater and Jerozolimskie ...