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Phoenix Within a Phoenix: Google Campus Warsaw and the Fascinating, Intentional Rebirth of Warsaw’s Praga District

2016, 63, No. 1

Georgia State University, Perimeter College

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13.06.2016

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Abstract

Warszawska Praga to odradzająca się dzielnica położona we wschodniej części centrum Warszawy. Doświadcza ona gwałtownego rozwoju i jest rewitalizowana. Pięć lat temu Praga była kojarzona głównie z ludźmi o bardzo niskich dochodach i z wysokim wskaźnikiem przestępczości, ale niskie lokalne czynsze i spore, historyczne przestrzenie zaczęły przyciągać ludzi kreatywnych: twórców stron internetowych, artystów, muzyków i innych. W czerwcu 2014 roku na Pragę niczym manna z nieba spadła wiadomość o planach Google dotyczących budowy centrum technologicznego dla tzw. start-upów. Lokalizacja Google Campus Warszawa z pewnością pozytywnie przyczyni się do wzrostu zatrudnienia i cen nieruchomości w dzielnicy, ale lokalne władze muszą zwrócić uwagę na to, by obecni mieszkańcy Pragi również korzystali z tej inwestycji.

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