Development of public spaces in the area of the historical tissue of Suwałki city as part od revitalization carried out in the years 2005-2020

The historical urban layout of the city of Suwałki, under full conservation protection, has been recognized as a degraded infrastructural, spatial, social, economic and environmental area. The Municipality of Suwałki developed two revitalization programs for this area in 2005 and 2017 and obtained funds for the implementation of the projects. This text discusses projects included in the programs, intended for implementation in public space. Showing the complexity and, at the same time, the variety in approaches for their implementation, based on the example of Maria Konopnicka Square's reconstruction and development of the form of boulevards on the Czarna Hańcza River.