Park Podolski in Łódź, Urban park in Zarzew district, Łódź, Poland
Park Podolski is a 14.8-hectare municipal park in Łódź, bounded by Śmigłego-Rydza Avenue to the west and Zbaraska Street to the south, with the Dąbrówka river running in a covered channel. Its western part, created in 1970 between Śmigłego-Rydza Avenue and Tatrzańska Street, has two fountains, chess tables and table-tennis tables. The larger eastern part holds football goals, a playground, a skatepark, a roller-skating track and the Holy Trinity Church built between 1993 and 2003.
A section of the park was established in 1970 to create a green zone between the residential neighborhoods of Dąbrowa and Zarzew. This space was designed to serve as a buffer area separating the two districts.
The park serves as a neighborhood meeting place where residents gather for exercise and community activities. People use the open spaces regularly for shared outdoor pursuits and casual social gatherings.
The park lies between Śmigłego-Rydza Avenue to the west and Zbaraska Street to the south, with entrances from Tatrzańska Street. The western part, between the avenue and Tatrzańska Street, holds two fountains, chess tables and table-tennis tables; the larger eastern part has football goals, a playground, a skatepark and a roller-skating track. Bus line 71 stops at a loop named Park Podolski near the Zbaraska and Kossaka junction.
The park's name comes not from Podolia but from Podolska Street, now Grota-Roweckiego Street, beside the grounds. Between 1978 and 1991 it was officially Park im. ZMS. In 2013 a local right-wing organisation proposed renaming it after cavalry captain Witold Pilecki; the city rejected the project and residents were divided.
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