There are no restaurants or bars on Ronald Reagan Place, which is at the center of Nowa Huta in Krakow. Nowa Huta is the Soviet-era planned community, the gift of Communism to the residents of Krakow. Perhaps the square was meant as a showplace for commerce, and they only wanted to include stores where you can buy durable consumer goods? (There are still several appliance stores here.) But it’s not a place where people seem to have gathered (for a drink, or a meal), in spite of its spacious plan and pretty gardens. Even with the name changed to honor an American president, that does not appear to have changed. Fitting? The most common grafitti tag is ‘Hutnik’, presumably a play on the words ‘Huta’ and ‘Sputnik’.
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Posted by borogoves @ 3:47 pm
