Making Downtown Voids Into Public Spaces

Does the existence of the "European City" depend on allowing it to be "Americanized?"

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July 16, 2002, 11:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

This article puts forward the proposition that if we want to learn from the current tendency towards displacement of public space by gigantic private-investment projects, such as mega-malls and multi-themed centres, we have to realise that the continued existence of the European City depends on allowing it to become 'Americanised'. A provocative proposition indeed. "

Thanks to Nandita Godbole

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