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Mordor, Warsaw
Mordor, also known as Mordor on Domaniewska Street (Polish: Mordor na Domaniewskiej), is a colloquial name for a financial district in the Mokotów district of Warsaw, Poland, within north Służewiec and west Ksawerów. The area is mostly composed of office buildings, including the headquarters of numerous domestic companies, and branches of many multinational corporations. Emerging in the 1990s, the area used to be the largest financial district in Poland, until 2019, when it lost the title to the nearby Wola district. Currently, the volume of rented office space in the neighbourhood is in decline, as it transforms into a residential district. The name, coined in the 2010s, refers to Mordor, a fictional location in the 1954 fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The colloquial names Mordor, and Mordor on Domaniewska Street (Polish: Mordor na Domaniewskiej) were coined in the 2010s, as a critique of the regular traffic congestion and lack of availability of parking space in the financial district in the north Służewiec and west Ksawerów. The name referenced Mordor, a fictional location, and personification of evil, from the 1954 fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien. The name was popularized by a Facebook page titled Mordor na Domaniewskiej in 2013, which surpassed 100,000 followers in 2018. A magazine, titled Głos Mordoru (The Voice of Mordor) is also distributed in the area, targeting the local office employees.
Accordingly, the corporate employees in the area are informally referred to as orcs, members of the fictional race of humanoid monsters in the Tolkien's book, which inhabit Mordor. The name was coined as a commentary on the rat race culture, which many of the employees partake in.
There is a movement to make Mordor the officially recognized name of the area. In 2015, its supporters hung a street sign with name, which was taken down by the authorities soon after. In 2018, the local inhabitants had proposed via the participatory budgeting, the recognition of the name, which however was not approved. Since 2015, the name is accepted by Google Maps search engine. On 12 December 2020, two small streets in the neighborhood of Służewiec were named after Tolkien and Gandalf, one of the main characters from the book.
The area, then a part of the village of Służewiec was incorporated into the city of Warsaw on 27 September 1938. The neighbourhood was completely demolished in 1944 by the German officers, during the Second World War, as part of the destruction of Warsaw.
In 1951, it was decided to develop a manufacturing industry in the area, as part of the Industrial and Storage District of Służewiec, later simply known as Służewiec Przemysłowy (Industrial Służewiec). It was envisioned to feature 60 factories and industrial plants. They were constructed using the large panel system technique, making it as one of the first instances of its usage in Poland. The designated area covered around 2.6 km2 (1 sq mi), and its construction began in 1952. In the early 1970s, around 20,000 people were employed there.
In 1951, the Institute of Organisation and Mechanization of Construction was founded. It was renamed in 1973 to the Institute of Construction Mechanisation, and again in 1986, to the Institute of Mechanised Construction and Rock Mining, becoming a research facility for the mechanisation of construction, and development of machinery for construction, road, building materials industry and rock mining. It had its headquarters at 6 and 8 Racjonalizacji Street, and operated until 2023, when it merged with the Institute of Precision Mechanics, forming the Warsaw Institute of Technology, with the headquarters in the Żoliborz district.
In 1953, the Mokotów trams depot was opened at 27 Woronicza Street In 1959, the Woronicza bus depot was also opened on the other side of the road, at 29 Woronicza Street. In 1961, the neighbourhood was connected to the tram network, with tracks built alongside Wołoska and Marynarska Streets, and ending with a turning loop near Suwak Street. In 1962, the Warszawa Służewiec railway station, was opened at Logarytmiczna Street.
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Mordor, also known as Mordor on Domaniewska Street (Polish: Mordor na Domaniewskiej), is a colloquial name for a financial district in the Mokotów district of Warsaw, Poland, within north Służewiec and west Ksawerów. The area is mostly composed of office buildings, including the headquarters of numerous domestic companies, and branches of many multinational corporations. Emerging in the 1990s, the area used to be the largest financial district in Poland, until 2019, when it lost the title to the nearby Wola district. Currently, the volume of rented office space in the neighbourhood is in decline, as it transforms into a residential district. The name, coined in the 2010s, refers to Mordor, a fictional location in the 1954 fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The colloquial names Mordor, and Mordor on Domaniewska Street (Polish: Mordor na Domaniewskiej) were coined in the 2010s, as a critique of the regular traffic congestion and lack of availability of parking space in the financial district in the north Służewiec and west Ksawerów. The name referenced Mordor, a fictional location, and personification of evil, from the 1954 fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings written by J. R. R. Tolkien. The name was popularized by a Facebook page titled Mordor na Domaniewskiej in 2013, which surpassed 100,000 followers in 2018. A magazine, titled Głos Mordoru (The Voice of Mordor) is also distributed in the area, targeting the local office employees.
Accordingly, the corporate employees in the area are informally referred to as orcs, members of the fictional race of humanoid monsters in the Tolkien's book, which inhabit Mordor. The name was coined as a commentary on the rat race culture, which many of the employees partake in.
There is a movement to make Mordor the officially recognized name of the area. In 2015, its supporters hung a street sign with name, which was taken down by the authorities soon after. In 2018, the local inhabitants had proposed via the participatory budgeting, the recognition of the name, which however was not approved. Since 2015, the name is accepted by Google Maps search engine. On 12 December 2020, two small streets in the neighborhood of Służewiec were named after Tolkien and Gandalf, one of the main characters from the book.
The area, then a part of the village of Służewiec was incorporated into the city of Warsaw on 27 September 1938. The neighbourhood was completely demolished in 1944 by the German officers, during the Second World War, as part of the destruction of Warsaw.
In 1951, it was decided to develop a manufacturing industry in the area, as part of the Industrial and Storage District of Służewiec, later simply known as Służewiec Przemysłowy (Industrial Służewiec). It was envisioned to feature 60 factories and industrial plants. They were constructed using the large panel system technique, making it as one of the first instances of its usage in Poland. The designated area covered around 2.6 km2 (1 sq mi), and its construction began in 1952. In the early 1970s, around 20,000 people were employed there.
In 1951, the Institute of Organisation and Mechanization of Construction was founded. It was renamed in 1973 to the Institute of Construction Mechanisation, and again in 1986, to the Institute of Mechanised Construction and Rock Mining, becoming a research facility for the mechanisation of construction, and development of machinery for construction, road, building materials industry and rock mining. It had its headquarters at 6 and 8 Racjonalizacji Street, and operated until 2023, when it merged with the Institute of Precision Mechanics, forming the Warsaw Institute of Technology, with the headquarters in the Żoliborz district.
In 1953, the Mokotów trams depot was opened at 27 Woronicza Street In 1959, the Woronicza bus depot was also opened on the other side of the road, at 29 Woronicza Street. In 1961, the neighbourhood was connected to the tram network, with tracks built alongside Wołoska and Marynarska Streets, and ending with a turning loop near Suwak Street. In 1962, the Warszawa Służewiec railway station, was opened at Logarytmiczna Street.
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