1 definition by Bees Gees
(to be pronounced: woodge, Polish original spelling: Łódź). Other names: (German) Lodtsch, Litzmannstadt, (Ukrainian and Russian) Лодзь, Lodz, (Yiddish) לאדזש, Lodzh.
Nickname: The Boat City.
Poland's third largest city with a population of about 750'000 (2010). A relatively young city which for some unknown reason sometimes tries to build it's identity as a mecca for historical monument lovers. The city has indeed few fantastic examples of 19th and early 20th century industrial and bourgeois architecture.
Lodz, city of fallen textile industry is currently looking for it's new identity. It is defined somewhere between multicultural (not anymore, historical fact), academic (indeed), sports center (not really), business center (possible in future), and finally, most recently and supposedly most accurately a center of creative industries (art, design, fashion...).
The city is suffering from problems like poverty, urban disintegration of central areas, dirt, lack of common dedication to aesthetics and order (recognizable in disharmonious decoration and furnishing of all city areas), deficiencies in infrastructure, deficiencies in the citizen's sense of security.
The green / urban landscape of the city together with all of its resources mentioned above makes it a great challenge and a wonder playground for all kinds of entrepreneurs and creative souls, social workers and representatives of civil society.
Nickname: The Boat City.
Poland's third largest city with a population of about 750'000 (2010). A relatively young city which for some unknown reason sometimes tries to build it's identity as a mecca for historical monument lovers. The city has indeed few fantastic examples of 19th and early 20th century industrial and bourgeois architecture.
Lodz, city of fallen textile industry is currently looking for it's new identity. It is defined somewhere between multicultural (not anymore, historical fact), academic (indeed), sports center (not really), business center (possible in future), and finally, most recently and supposedly most accurately a center of creative industries (art, design, fashion...).
The city is suffering from problems like poverty, urban disintegration of central areas, dirt, lack of common dedication to aesthetics and order (recognizable in disharmonious decoration and furnishing of all city areas), deficiencies in infrastructure, deficiencies in the citizen's sense of security.
The green / urban landscape of the city together with all of its resources mentioned above makes it a great challenge and a wonder playground for all kinds of entrepreneurs and creative souls, social workers and representatives of civil society.
Would you in Lodz?
Would you in Łódź?
Would you in Łódź?
by Bees Gees February 27, 2011