Many of the buildings along this axis are either registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, or part of a quaint architectural ensemble of the city.
First reference to this path is made on 1876 map by Paul Berthold Jaekel, where a street leaving the Weltzin Platz along the newly built Gymnasium is displayed, without any naming.
In 2007, it received the name of Andrzej Szwalbe (1923–2002), a Polish lawyer, social and cultural activist, first director of Pomeranian Philharmonic (1953–1991).
Freedom Square stands as an elegant place, ornamented by Art Nouveau buildings, a historical church, a memorial and a green park.
From 1975 to 1993, it was one of three facilities for lung diseases in the city, together with the Provincial Pulmonary Hospital at 1 Seminaryjna street and the tuberculosis sanatorium in the northern district of Smukała.
[14] In 1975, the ensemble (2 & 2a) housed the Provincial Clinic of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases till 1993, when the health institution was transferred to 11 Seminaryjna street.
[15] The villa displays beautiful neo-classical features: symmetry in the facade, ionic order columns flanking balconies, a curly motifs frieze on the top, a large pediment capping the ensemble.
On the green part left of the building, one can enjoy the refurbished fountain with a lion's head and a shell-shape stone bowl.
1880[9] Eclecticism Former Gymnasialstraße 1, the first owner was Anton Czarnecki, a rentier and merchant who lived there until he moved in the 1890s in his new acquisition at 9 Krasiński Street.
1899[20] Former Gymnasialstraße 4, it is since its construction the sport building of specialized educational centre for blind children located at 10 Krasiński Street.
[21] Tenement at 2, corner with Krasiński street 1896, by Karl Bergner[22] Eclecticism, Historicism The first landlord at then Fröhnerstraße 10 was Anton Czarnecki, a rentier and merchant,[23] who moved there in 1898 and stayed till the early 1920s.
The designer of this tenement, Karl Bergner, realized many other buildings in the city, such as: The present one displays eclectic architectural details, a ground floor underlined by the arched entry gate flanked by pilasters, topped by a mask, the ensemble being overlooked by a bay window with bossages.
[27] 1928–1929, by Bogdan Raczkowski[28] Modern Architecture In the building lived Adam Grzymała-Siedlecki (1876–1967), a Polish literary and theater critic, playwright, translator, writer and director.
A long time friend with Witold Bełzą, then director of the Provincial and Municipal Public Library, he died in Bydgoszcz in his flat at Nr.5.
After the restoration of Poland in 1920 and the Peace of Riga with USSR, the edifice housed displaced Polish families from the Eastern Borderlands.
[35] Perfectly refurbished in 2005, the house is among the highest decorated building in Bydgoszcz: Art Nouveau motifs enlightens the facades (women figures flanked by eagles, vases etc.).
Today the building houses rooms for students from the Bydgoszcz Music Academy "Feliks Nowowiejski", located in the vicinity.
The tenement has the size of a large mansion, displaying balconies above the gate, an avant-corps, two peaked gables and French-window dormers giving on terraces.