New city center for Łódź?

Andrzej Walczak, the founder of the foundation, managed to interest the renowned architect with their idea of a revitalization of the area next to Dworzec Fabryczny and Elektrownia EC-1, where a new city center could be located. The architect was impressed by the city's architecture. "This is more real than the Pompidou Center in Paris," said Krier. The revitalization would include some 90 ha in the center near the current railway station. The station would be located underground. The new Rynek Fabryczny would host a World Art Center (Światowe Centrum Sztuki), a festival and congress hall, a museum of modern art, galleries and restaurants. The project could be financed from EU funds. Construction could start at the beginning of 2008 and would last for two to three years. (WBJ Real Estate Newsletter)