Mokotowska Street

A street in City Centre South, running from Trzech Krzyży Square to Armii Ludowej Avenue.
At the beginning of the 16th century, it was the Mokotów Road leading to a village called Mokotów. The street name was approved in 1770. In 1860, at the current 48 number, a house was built, later to become the home of Józef Ignacy Kraszewski. At the turn of the 19th and 20th century, Mokotowska Street was a popular place of residence for the Warsaw aristocracy and the bourgeoisie. At that time, many richly decorated eclectic and Art Nouveau tenements were built, including tenement house Pod Niedźwiedziami [Eng: Under the Bears] and tenement houses currently bearing numbers 57 and 59, decorated with figures of Cracovians, highlanders, bison heads, armour, and similar ornamentation on the facade.
After 1944, most houses survived between Trzech Krzyży Square and Piękna Street as well as behind Zbawiciela Square and by the crossing with Jaworzyńska St. Despite the war devastation, the street has preserved much of its aristocratic charm. After 1945, several tenement houses were renovated, and after 1950, new residential houses were built. At the intersection of Mokotowska, Krucza and Piękna streets, a square was established, and in the former parish house, located under the current no. 13, Współczesny Theatre was placed.
Mokotowska Street is associated with fashion – it is here where numerous boutique shops of Polish and international brands are located. Also here, one can find ateliers of well-known designers.