Editing Łódź (section)

===Contemporary history (1990–present)===
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| footer            = In the second decade of the 21st century, a program for the revitalization of streets and restrictions on car traffic in the city center of Łódź was implemented. Since 2014, several dozen [[woonerf]]s (streets prioritizing pedestrians and cyclists) have been created in the city.<ref name="woonerf">{{Cite web |url=https://lodz.pl/artykul/woonerfy-w-lodzi-powstalo-ich-kilkadziesiat-a-w-planach-kolejne-zdjecia-54230/|title=Woonerfy w Łodzi. Powstało ich kilkadziesiąt, a w planach kolejne.}}</ref>
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After 1989 the [[textile industry]] in Łódź collapsed and the city suffered from social and economic decline. The city's [[industrial heritage]] and examples of [[Art Nouveau in Poland|Polish Art Nouveau]] became an early tourist attraction. In the 2000s the city's main street, the Piotrkowska Street, was revitalized, providing space for shops and restaurants. By 2011 the city hosted around 60 festivals per year.<ref>{{Cite book|title= Routledge Handbook of Tourism Cities | editor1=Alastair M. Morrison | editor2= J. Andres Coca-Stefaniak |publisher= Taylor & Francis |year=2020 |isbn=9780429534805 | pages=}}</ref>

The local government's efforts to transform the former industrial city into a thriving urban environment and tourist destination formed the basis for the city's failed bid to organise the 2022 International EXPO exhibition on the subject of urban renewal.<ref>[http://thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/335369,Poland-to-invest-in-Lodz-despite-failed-bid-for-Expo-2022 "Poland to invest in Łódź despite failed bid for Expo 2022."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718234618/http://thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/335369,Poland-to-invest-in-Lodz-despite-failed-bid-for-Expo-2022 |date=18 July 2018 }} ''Radio Poland''. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 16 November 2017</ref>