Editing Gdynia (section)

=== Construction of the city ===
The city was constructed later than the seaport. In 1925 a special committee was inaugurated to build the city; city expansion plans were designed and [[city rights]] were granted in 1926, and tax privileges were granted for investors in 1927. The city started to grow significantly after 1928.

A [[Gdynia Główna railway station|new railway station]] and the Post Office were completed. The [[Polish State Railways|State railways]] extended their lines, built bridges and also constructed a group of houses for their employees. Within a few years houses were built along some {{convert|10|mi|0|abbr=out}} of road leading northward from the [[Free City of Danzig]] to Gdynia and beyond. Public institutions and private employers helped their staff to build houses.<br/>
In 1933 a plan of development providing for a population of 250,000 was worked out by a special commission appointed by a government committee, in collaboration with the municipal authorities. By 1939 the population had grown to over 120,000.<ref>(ed) Michael Murray, ''Poland's Progress 1919–1939'', John Murray, 1944, London pp 64–6</ref>

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File:Sąd rejonowy betonowe 06.jpg|Gdynia Courthouse by Zbigniew Karpiński, 1936
File:Gdynia Dowodztwo MW 2.jpg|Headquarters of the [[Polish Navy]]
File:Gdynia urząd miasta UM.jpg|Piłsudski Avenue with modernist buildings
File:PlacKaszubski.PomnikAntoniAbrahamk.jpg|''Plac Kaszubski'', one of the main squares in the city
File:Siedziba_Zakładu_Ubezpieczeń_i_PLO.jpg|''PLO Building'' designed by [[Roman Piotrowski]] 
File:Gdynia, Świętojańska 55 (1) - czupirek 2013.jpg|''Krenski House'', detail, by Zbigniew Kupiec
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