Nowa przestrzeń miejska dla nowych mieszczan. Studium ulicy Mariackiej w Katowicach
New Urban Space for New Bourgeois. Case Study Mariacka Street in Katowice

Summary/Abstract: The author, individually or as a member of a team, has been conducting research on functioning of the public space in Upper Silesia towns for a few years now. The text presents a few reflections which have arisen as a result of these studies. The author concentrates on the problems of new bourgeois and functions which public space performs toward them. Showing the Katowice Mariacka street as the space for new bourgeois is the main aim of this article. At the beginning the author attempts to present issues related to the formation of new bourgeois in Poland. Then he describes the specific character of the analyzed Mariacka street and defines functions of the public spaces in general. The main part of the text is dedicated to the relations between Mariacka Street and new bourgeois. As a result it has become possible to define the exact meaning of that street for new bourgeois in Katowice.

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