Weekly Urbanauth – This week with a lot of urban culture from France and an interview with city planner Richard Sennet. Also fight for housing on Cologne’s Schälsick side, extinction rebellion in the headlines and another week of unrest in Hong Kong.
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Discover the Weekly Urbanauth 38 – 2019.
Weekly Urbanauth 36: Urban design of skyscrapers in London versus Tokyo’s 361 yards giant
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The unique squatter quarter in Europe around Exarchia in Athens under police pressure, while in the north of Paris 160 migrants occupy a part of the park of the Villette. Further more: unecological e-scooters and as well Hong Kong’s 14th protest week at a glance.
Weekly Urbanauth 33: City centers in the UK and French journalism in a bad state
What do England’s city centres and French journalism have in common? They are both in crisis. Otherwise, the ban on e-rollers in Milan, new squatting in Berlin and much more in our weekly press review.
Berlin: Trainwriting and Graffiti culture versus the BVG
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Paris: The Yellow Vests by local Graffiti and Streetart artists
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Europan – Under the sign of the productive city
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Munich: Did the time come for an urban & creative quarter?
Munich seeks new architecture. Munich wants to be creative.
And… Munich has a housing shortage. Is there a light in sight?
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Dublin is suffering under a housing crisis, but grassroot organisations aren’t willing to give up and fought back last summer…