In the western, now non-existent, frontage of the Katowice Market Square, there was once a low tenement house housing Borinski's colonial store, and later Delikatesy. A neon sign for the Chorzów Zoo flickered on the roof of the tenement building, inviting: "VISIT THE ZOO." We can clearly recognise the shapes of a monkey, an elephant, a giraffe, a camel, and a kangaroo. Next to it, on the corner part of the roof, there was a neon sign advertising the Social Fund for the Reconstruction of the Capital, where the Warsaw mermaid with a trowel in her hand was calling for donations: "SFOS – this is your contribution to the reconstruction of the capital.

Between 1972 and 1974, the Cooperative Department Store "Skarbek" was built on the site of the historic buildings, according to a design by architect Jurand Jarecki. Over time, the building has become one of the many icons of Katowice architecture, thanks to both its modern form for its time and its special facade covered with embossed aluminium sheet metal imported specifically for "Skarbek" from France.