Google street in Gdańsk, Poland – 2014 vs 2021

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  1. Rapid development of office infrastructure.

    Google street view from 2021 has a tallest building in Tricity area in the background – Olivia Star 180m tall. In 2014 it was not yet there.

  2. Looks like an American stroad, totally not people centric. Want to walk across the road to the nice coffee shop? Yeah well you’ve a road, a cycle path and a 6 lane highway to cross.

    As Polish friend told me sadly Poland has gone down the American route and gone from “why drive, there’s a bus/train/tram” to “why take the bus/train/tram, you can drive”.

  3. Looks like a standard suburb minecraft-like office buildings development. Not great, not terrible. The skyscraper in the distance is probably cool, but not too much visible in the picture.

  4. I was there last year end of September/ beginning of October.

    These office buildings seem to get rented with office furniture. Each floor looks more or less the exact same. Like 2D pictures devs copy paste in sky high buildings in video games.

  5. I sure hope seven years is enough to build an office building.

    Gdańsk is a fantastic place, I was there on vacation in 2018. I just don’t see how this post is particular to this one city. Construction happens in many places. And often times much faster than this.

  6. I mean those office buildings are always fucking ugly but its pretty incredible what sort of transformation Poland has and still is undergoing.

  7. I love development, especially in Poland, but I don’t like the way Gdansk has done it. This business area is very far from the city center and is surrounded by parking lots, wide streets and empty space. Very not walkable.

    I much prefer what Gdynia is doing with the office towers by the waterfront and throughout the urban fabric, for example.

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