The EC1 centre will change the face of Lodz

Alex Webber - 14th January 2010

An artist's impression of the new centre

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Lodz is the city that run out of luck. In slow decline ever since the demise of heavy industry, the new millennium saw the city well and truly hit the seat of its pants. If there was bad news in Poland, you could bet your last nickel Lodz was involved somewhere. Then, weirdly, just as it looked like it was going to spontaneously combust along came Manufaktura. For the first time in years Lodz was making headlines for the right reasons. Manufaktura signalled, for the sake of a dramatic drum roll, a second coming.

Lodz hasn’t looked back, and today the pride and new prosperity is palpable. So imagine, if you will, a third coming. Amazingly, this could well yet happen, and that’s down to a ...

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