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Most visitors to Athens stay just long enough to climb the Acropolis hill and then hop on a ferry to the islands — but in doing so they miss out on the cosmopolitan buzz of a city experiencing something of a creative renaissance. In spite of Greece's economic woes, young Athenians who jumped ship abroad are returning to revive a downtown long bereft of activity. The best place to take the pulse of the new Athens is Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio, a bustling quarter where Chinese merchants, North African immigrants, gallery owners and the café set exist side by side with the city's demimonde. Sofia Vamiali was the first in the district to open an art gallery, vamiali.net, using a building owned by her family since the 1970s. "In the beginning it was dead after 4 o'clock in the afternoon," she says. But these days, Athens' hottest contemporary-art galleries are in Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio.Hackitectura
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The Venice Biennale, which has its offices in Ca' Giustinian (San Marco, 1364/A), has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its…
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UrbanPlan UrbanPlan is an exciting educational initiative of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) developed in partnership with the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics (FCREUE) at the University of California at Berkeley and a team of high school economics teachers. The Mission
The DSNI’s first campaign was “Don’t Dump on Us,” which aimed to push for environmental justice by eliminating illegal as well as legal dumping sites that were scattered throughout the neighborhood. The DSNI wanted to show the public that these sites were not just “health-threatening eyesores,” but that they could be transformed into viable spaces for “homes, businesses, community services, parks, and playgrounds.” Over one hundred residents, the majority of whom were children, in addition the Public Works Department participated in widespread community cleaning. Resident actions provoked Boston Mayor Ray Flynn to pledge local government support to address the area’s issues, such as towing away the neighborhood’s abandoned vehicles. In spite of this, the city began dragging its feet, demonstrating to the residents that they were a low priority. So the DSNI organized residents to block the entrances of the dumpsites in protest.
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Cities need to plan for the future now by developing infrastructure and communities that make them resilient, rugged and adaptable to planetary changes. Coastal cities are particularly vulnerable to increased flooding from larger storm surges and sea level rise . And, as Bruce Stutz noted last year , "adapting to this reality has become a key part of future planning for London, Rotterdam, St. Petersburg, Tokyo, and Seattle, as well as low-lying cities across Asia" and New York City.
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