The area was part of a former suburb called Okole that covered artificial islands from Brda river forks nearby Bydgoszcz Canal.

On the right end of Królowej Jadwigi Street's facade, a slight avant-corps is underlined by two tall Corinthian order columns.

Tenement at 2, corner with Garbary Street Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage list, Nr.601372 Reg.A/824 (May 30, 1994)[6] 1900–1901,[4] by Paul Böhm Historicism Paul Böhm, architect and designer of several buildings in Bydgoszcz (Słowackiego Street,3, Cieszkowskiego Street, 1&3, Józef Weyssenhoff Square, 5), also realized this corner edifice.

Material is a mix of brick and plaster, with a particular notice to the facade on Królowej Jadwigi Street, where several architectural pieces are to be underlined.

The frontage onto Jadwigi Street possesses another grand bay window with the same gothic-medieval allusions (e.g. the crow-stepped gable).

The house represents the historicism architecture trend, its facade displaying a mixture of elements (Neo-Renaissance, Neo-Baroque and Neo-classicism).

[10] Tenement at 4 Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship Heritage list, Nr.601373 Reg.A/1096 (April 11, 1994)[6] 1903–1905,[4] by Paul Böhm Historicism The plot was referenced as Albertstraße 13 in the 1870s, but the current building has been erected at the start of the 20th century, when Paul Böhm, the architect, purchased the old house to have it reconstructed according to his design.

Tenement at 5 1890[4] Eclecticism First landlord in 1891 was August Götting, a carpenter, living at Albertstraße 11[14] (now Garbary Street).

The facade presents typical eclectic features, with pedimented windows capped by corbel tables and dentils on the top.

Higher levels are highlighted by the slight middle avant-corps that bears a balcony on the second floor, adorned with a series of motifs, pilasters, balustrade and topped by an arched pediment which tympanum displays putti holding a coat of arms.

Noticeable elements are the oeil-de-boeuf above the entrance, the delicately adorned cartouches on window sills and the pediments crowning the openings of the first floor.

A plaque in memoriam has been unveiled in 2013,[19] while his name has been given to the bridge crossing the Brda river in the old town, between Theatre square and Grodzka Street.

The neo-classic elevation draws attention to its portal: the two pilasters carry a crosshead bearing a bearded mascaron, topped by a pediment which tympanum is adorned with a winged figure and floral motifs.

The neo-classic frontage, though worn out by time, still displays some architectural details: cartouches with festoons on the first floor and ornaments on the top, or adorned window crossheads.

Each slight avant-corps on building sides is crowned by a triangular pediment with an adorned tympanum (bearing a coat of arms).

Academic House of Culture of the Higher School of Economics at 14 In the late 19th century, the building -now gone- standing at then Viktoriastraße 3, was used as a storage area for Hermann ßietschmann, owner of a wood factory for roofing.

In the late 20th century, the buildings housed a cultural display area, owned by the Higher School of Economics (Polish: Wyższa Szkoła Gospodarki WSG) and used by municipal and private associations.

In addition, the front-gable on the left side is garnished with pilasters, floral details, and other Art Nouveau style motifs.

Building company was Windschild and Langelott, which seat was located on Danzigerstraße 153 (now Gdańska street, 34) and factory in neighbouring Białe Błota.

During the night of the January 22, 1945, area residents (mainly rail workers) defused several bombs placed on the bridge and connected to a detonator.

This action made the Queen Jadwiga bridge the only Bydgoszcz crossing in the city center that survived unscathed through World War II period, notwithstanding some missile impacts on its structure.

[24] In 2001, Bydgoszcz bridge works company Promost has carried out a major overhaul of the construction, restoring its former glory.

The brick building complements perfectly the other large mannerism edifice in the close area, the Prussian Eastern Railway Headquarters.

Although it lost after the second World war a front-gable, it kept preserved its other architectural details, in particular the avant-corps bearing the grand stone balcony giving onto the street.

The corner tenement shows early elements of Art Nouveau style, in particular in the remaining motifs of both frontages: a cartouche above the corner entrance displays a man figure, all first level windows boast pediments and crossheads with vegetal motifs or flowered woman heads, in the spirit of Art Nouveau ornamentation.

Two large bay windows break the symmetry of the ensemble, both towering entrances and both with wooden loggias on the second floor.

In 2016, municipal authorities have decided to tear down the whole complex and built a new facility, including a 50m Olympic-size with a partially mobile roof and seating for 450 people.

[9] It kept this role and its owner till the recreation of the Polish state in 1920, when its focus changed dramatically: in 1923–1924, the edifice housed the Commercial High School (Polish: Liceum Handlowo), established by the Chamber of Commerce of Pomerania, the only school of this type at the time in the province.

[31] It survived the second World War and left the premises only in 1974, when the "Maria Dąbrowska" School of Commerce moved to Kaliska street 10.