Kabaty

Kabaty is mentioned here as the natural city border; this is where the forest starts. The large Kabata forest and the Cultural Park in Powsin are mentioned under “parks and forrests in Warsaw”. Kabaty may also be seen as an architectural continuation of Ursynów, and was also included in the long-term urban development plans, as part of the Ursynów ruler or finger. However, it was not until 1995 that the metro came to Kabaty, and by then communism had collapsed. But where you can walk around Ursynów and see a complete architectural project, the buildings in Kabaty are characterized by private contractors and builders who built apartments for individual clients in the 1990s, at a time when concrete was going out of fashion. But it is not quite the wild west – the large building blocks required building permits and had to comply with the current city plan – but the short metro ride from Ursynów to Kabaty is interesting if you want to see the architectural development of those years.