 The center of the city , Osiedle Centrum , surrounds Lipowa Street , the main street of the city . Lipowa Street extends from Rynek Kościuszki ( the corner of Spółdzielczej Street ) to Plac Niepodległości im . Romana Dmowskiego ( the corner of Krakowska Street ) . Over the centuries the name of this exclusive and elegant street has taken on a number of different names ; Choroszcz , Nowolipie , Lipowa , Józef Piłsudski , Joseph Stalin , Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin , once again , to return , after the end of World War II , to its original name – Lipowa Street . 
