Adam Mickiewicz Avenue, Bydgoszcz

Adam Mickiewicz Alley is one of the main streets of downtown district in Bydgoszcz, where several buildings are registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage List.

The northern frontage of Adam Mickiewicz Alley has been conceived from 1903 to 1907 as an homogeneous complex of Berlin Art Nouveau tenements, similar to what has been erected at the same time in Dworcowa Street (Nr.45, 47, 49).

Frontages on Mickiewicz alley (Nr.1 to 9) compose a complex of townhouses inscribed in the German variant of Art Nouveau architecture (Ger.

Decoration combines organic themes with geometric forms, like rectangular and square shapes, grouped in series and friezes.

[5] The architects who designed those buildings were all inspired by Berlin architecture, "en vogue" at the time:[6] For almost the entire post-war period, tenements have been property of the state.

In 1990, the city of Bydgoszcz owned them back, but at the time, they were falling into disrepair as a result of underinvestment, lack of maintenance and general neglect of Art Nouveau monuments.

[10] In the interwar, Feliks Kopp's family lived there:[11] he was the son of Wilhelm, entrepreneur who established a successful cleaning and dyehouse factory at Świętej Trójcy Street.

Characteristic features are the adorned portal and decorative gable; the façade has pilaster strips which accentuates vertical divisions.

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601378, Reg.A/1081 (December 21, 1994)[8] 1906,[9] by Rudolf Kern Art Nouveau The tenement was first ordered by Adolf Berger, a merchant.

[10] Less adorned than its neighbours, this building displays anyhow the same Art Nouveau grandeur, with loggias and bay windows, as well as a curved top frontage and dormers on the gable.

Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601379, Reg.A/1082 (January 10, 1995)[8] 1904–1905,[9] by Rudolf Kern Art Nouveau The tenement was commissioned by the brothers Rosentjal, Otto and Theodor, who also co-developed the project.

Teachers of the conservatoire came from Vienna, Dresden, Regensburg, Prague, Rome, Moscow and Warsaw, classes comprised Germans and Poles.

[1] In 2002-2004 a major renovation of the facade has been carried out, giving back to the frontage its original design that had been lost since the postwar period.

[1] Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, Nr.601456-Reg.A/1080/1-2 (December 20, 1994)[8] 1905-1906[9] Art Nouveau This corner house is characterised by its towering peak topped with a tin roof.

Northern frontage viewed westwards