johnb
09-24-2004, 01:46 PM
http://www.krakow-info.com/news.htm
Krakow’s Square to Bear Late US President’s Name
Krakow’s city council has renamed central square of the Nowa Huta district to Ronald Reagan Pl. The square was meant once to be the heart of a model proletarian city that the communist regime had envisioned to be built from scratch on a greenfield site east of Krakow in the 1950s, next to giant steelworks.
Posted on Wed, Sep. 08, 2004
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/consumer_news/9610378.htm?1c
Polish city of Krakow to name square after Ronald Reagan
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland - The southern Polish city of Krakow decided Wednesday to name a square after former President Ronald Reagan in recognition of his role in ending communist rule.
Krakow councilors voted 19-17 to give the name "Ronald Reagan Square" to the main square in Nowa Huta, a communist-era development built around a major steel plant. Currently called Central Square, it was the scene of numerous protests by workers in communist times.
Reagan, who died at age 93 on June 5, is fondly remembered in Poland for his support of the anti-communist Solidarity movement during the period of martial law, imposed by Poland's communist authorities in 1981.
After the fall of communism, Krakow made him an honorary resident in recognition of the part he played in the system's collapse.
Opponents of the name change argued that Nowa Huta's residents had grown used to the square's existing name.
Krakow’s Square to Bear Late US President’s Name
Krakow’s city council has renamed central square of the Nowa Huta district to Ronald Reagan Pl. The square was meant once to be the heart of a model proletarian city that the communist regime had envisioned to be built from scratch on a greenfield site east of Krakow in the 1950s, next to giant steelworks.
Posted on Wed, Sep. 08, 2004
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/consumer_news/9610378.htm?1c
Polish city of Krakow to name square after Ronald Reagan
Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland - The southern Polish city of Krakow decided Wednesday to name a square after former President Ronald Reagan in recognition of his role in ending communist rule.
Krakow councilors voted 19-17 to give the name "Ronald Reagan Square" to the main square in Nowa Huta, a communist-era development built around a major steel plant. Currently called Central Square, it was the scene of numerous protests by workers in communist times.
Reagan, who died at age 93 on June 5, is fondly remembered in Poland for his support of the anti-communist Solidarity movement during the period of martial law, imposed by Poland's communist authorities in 1981.
After the fall of communism, Krakow made him an honorary resident in recognition of the part he played in the system's collapse.
Opponents of the name change argued that Nowa Huta's residents had grown used to the square's existing name.