Overview

The following 8 galleries represent Mona Serageldin’s analog slide collection on city revitalization, as arranged in box M12: “Poland,” consisting of color photographs and presentation graphics.

The collection documents rehabilitation and revitalization projects in Poland from 1995-2004, covering primarily residential infrastructure improvement programs in multiple cities. Serageldin’s photographs accompany I2UD’s involvement in providing improvement strategies, technical assistance, and support in building local initiatives across Poland from the mid-1990s through early-2000s.

Galleries 1, 5, 6, and 7 cover upgrading projects for Lublin, in southeast Poland, primarily for the neighborhoods of Bronowice and Kośminek.

Galleries 2, 3, 4, and 8 cover urban housing, city overviews, and plans for Poznań, Szczecin, Warsaw, and other areas of Poland.

Related materials

For more context on I2UD’s work in Poland and access to project reports, see relevant projects in the I2UD Digital Library:

• “Lublin Local Initiatives Program” & “Lublin Old Town Rehabilitation Project,” Technical Assistance for Urban Upgrading in Lublin, Poland (Project ID: 1994_08_001)
• “Strategy for Technical Assistance and Training: Housing and Land Management in Poland,” Technical Assistance Report, for Gdańsk, Gdynia, Kraków, Lublin, Poznań and Szczecin, Poland (Project ID: 1992_00_001)
• “City of Szczecin Capital Improvement Program,” Case Studies for Technical Assistance Program, Szczecin, Poland (Project ID: 1996_06_002)
• “Szczecin Local Initiative Program,” Urban Improvement Intervention Strategy, for the USAID Regional Housing and Urban Development Office, Szczecin, Poland (Project ID: 1999_05_001)

Related image collections:

• MSDA Photograph Collection M11: Poland (1995-1997)
• MSDA Photograph Collection M26, Gallery 1: Lublin, Poland (2004)
• I2UD Photograph Collection, Gallery 12: Poland (1994-1995)

Galleries

MSDA Galleries M11, 1-3

MSDA Galleries M16, 1-7

GALLERY M12-1: Lublin, Poland (Circa 1990s)

33 images

These photographs document residential and industrial neighborhoods around Lublin. The gallery shows old and new housing, industrial buildings, streetscapes, and council housing, with views of parking and a playground.

Gallery M12-1. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

GALLERY M12-2: Poznań, Poland (Circa 1990s)

21 images

Contains views of new and old housing in a residential neighborhood of Poznań in western Poland. Photographs show houses under construction, streetscapes, and infrastructure.

Gallery M12-2. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

GALLERY M12-3: Szczecin, Poland (Circa 1996)

31 images

This gallery covers Szczecin in southwest Poland, showing urban housing structures, street infrastructure, and old and new building facades.

See also: Gallery M11-2: Szczecin, Poland (1996)

Gallery M12-3. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

GALLERY M12-4: Poland (Circa 1990s)

25 images

This gallery covers a few different locations in Poland, including views of old brick architecture in Kraków, views of the Baltic Sea from a Polish beach, and maps and plans for the cities of Poznań, Gdansk, Lublin, Kraków, and Gdynia.

Gallery M12-4. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

GALLERY M12-5: Lublin, Poland – Bronowice (1995-2004)

126 images

Photographs of a project site in the residential neighborhood of Bronowice, east of Lublin center. The gallery includes views of older buildings, new housing under construction, mixed-used and residential buildings, and architectural details, on or around the project site. It also shows housing along a hillside, streetscapes for redesign, and views from the upper floor of a building, looking out towards the city center.

Gallery M12-5. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

GALLERY M12-6: Lublin, Poland – Workshop Graphics (Circa 1995)

16 images

Presentation slides of relational charts for workshops on the role of neighborhood partnerships in upgrading programs. Slide titles include “Partnership to Promote Neighborhood Development,” “Entrepreneurial Assistance through Neighborhood Partnership,” and “Area Upgrading & Redevelopment Program: Property Upgrading & Redevelopment Financing Options & Implications.”

See also: Gallery M11-1: Lublin, Poland (1995-1996)

Gallery M12-6. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

GALLERY M12-7: Lublin, Poland – Bronowice and Kośminek (1995-2004)

292 images

This gallery covers the neighborhoods of Bronowice and Kośminek, east of Lublin center. It documents infrastructure projects in residential neighborhoods, showing dirt and paved road conditions and some housing renovation. Also included are views of houses and gardens, as well as industrial buildings. Serageldin, other team members, and residents are pictured.

See also: Gallery 11-1: Lublin, Poland (1995-1996)

Gallery M12-7. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

GALLERY M12-8: Warsaw, Poland (1995-2004)

88 images

This gallery includes aerial views of Warsaw, taken from an airplane and an upper story of a Marriott hotel building, and streetscapes of the Old Town area of the city. Aerial views show the high-rise Palace of Culture and Science building and surrounding plazas and parking lots, large-panel buildings from afar and other housing developments, and layouts of surrounding agricultural and suburban areas.

Gallery M12-8. MSDA: Mona Serageldin Digital Archive. Institute for International Urban Development. I2UD Digital Library. Digitized December 2021.

MSDA Galleries M11, 1-3

MSDA Galleries M16, 1-7