‘I won’t let them get away with it!’
by marzanna_eight_thirty on June 13, 2008
in stories, students
Kate lives in an old wooden house in Antoniuk. The house was built in the 19th century but her family has owned it since her great grandfather bought it a long time ago. The house is really important to Kate because she inherited it from her grandparents. It survived the wars and its interior has the original woodwork, that’s why it is a listed building, protected by law.
One day, when Kate was buying a paper, the newsagent told her about the changes planned in the street near her house. At first Kate didn’t believe it and decided to check if it was true. She made an inquiry with planning authorities and found out that the news was true. She got shocked and furious. She decided to protest about the decision to build a bus stop just in front of her house. This would be a disaster for the place – hundreds of buses running near the house, crowds of people, a lot of exhaust and noise.
But people at the office said it was too late to change the decision and they were going to start the road works soon. Kate is determined to confront them to protect her property.
Many years ago, when I decided to buy my own flat in Malmeda, it was a quiet place. My neighbours next door and upstairs were quiet too. Most of them were seniors. In the whole street there was only one disco and one restaurant. There wasn’t too much traffic because Malmeda was a one-way street.
A few years ago my idyll started to change. Many young people appeared with their loud music in my block. Very close, next to my flat, on the first floor of Malmeda 8, there is now the biggest disco in Białystok called Loft. As if that wasn’t enough, last week I noticed that the street is being rebuild. It will become a two-way street and just in front of my windows there will be a bus stop.