Two days on the front page and then oblivion. That 's what happens to the dead children of a lesser god, it happens all the time: the victims of the explosion of a runaway train that transports natural gas in Viareggio, the victims, all soldiers south of Kabul in an attack: indeed, to them, 'Forward Luxury: national mourning, a state funeral and, perhaps, dedication of roads, paid- Kabul; victims every day, accidents at work, not just cold statistics but devotes to them, the victims now of Mud Messina. Victims of the mud so to speak, the victims, more 'correctly, the overbuilding and furious ignorant of the territory. Victims themselves, in many cases, because 'the earthworks of the hill to get a base and build the buildings will have taken them. They insist on living in a city 'built on six rivers (not one, six). They insist on regulators to approve plans that provide for a population twice that of the real, so for another twenty years to build suburban homes that will attract innocent and unconscious income families, escaping from the hustle and expensive. The historical centers are full of empty houses, the owners can no longer 'to rent them' to sell, the demands are exorbitant, but they have the time, willing to wait even 10 years the right buyer, but meanwhile the degradation surpasses, maintenance is scarce The quality 'falls.
The city 'is gutted, we dug out all over the world. Brussels from 200 years' buffeted and torn by a continuous whirl of public works. Not enough resources to finance the City 'in the sense of taxes paid by citizens and enterprises: Brussels needs of 500 million € annually disbursed by the reluctant rest of Belgium. Examples of gutting
Brussels. When crossing the Seine Brussels, with its bizarre course, was the source of many tragedies: the floods caused disastrous floods, the dry causing catastrophic epidemics WHEN 'the river bed was filled with liquids of all kinds. In 1865 several cases were studied and finally the mayor Jules Anspach decided to completely empty the water course and replace it with a system of boulevards and tunnels, that would later be used by the railway line. Example of necessary demolition and farsighted.
But the negative examples are numerous: a symbol and 'the construction of the Boulevard Saint-Lazare to connect the northern district of Brussels in the middle. A four-lane strip of asphalt that split in half 'the Jardin Botanique, one of the gardens that are more' envy of Europe, then moved to the northern outskirts of Brussels, in the quiet Meise.
Citta 'cruel, this, around the valley that is home to the Abbey de la Cambre, surrounded by a magnificent garden, stand colossal monster of concrete and glass city' fierce that in 1965 broke down the wonderful Maison du Peuple of Victor Horta, a fine example of Art Nouveau, located between the popular Marolles district and the aristocratic Sablon Square, to make room for a hideous 26-story condominium, town 'who did not hesitate to raze the 'whole Northern Quarter , expropriating its 11 thousand inhabitants, to build ultra-modern towers for offices and hotels. Dark monsters drawn on transparencies with the Hôtel de Maître Art Nouveau more 'beautiful in Europe.
Citta 'contradictory. The city 'by Bruegel and Magritte. The city 'choice Horta for his architectural experiments. The city 'that kills the art in the name of progress post-industrial. But this murderous rampage is not 'not a vocation history. In 1889 he became mayor of Brussels, Charles Buls, known for his uncompromising position on preserving the architectural heritage of the city '. After his election immediately stops any further demolition project of national and indeed demands the reconstruction of a demolished building recklessly on the Grand Place, which promotes comprehensive restoration, and his essay "L'Esthétique des villes" will then have an extraordinary success in Europe, in particular in Italy, where the problem of adapting the historic fabric of the fragile geological and cities 'means of transport and modern production and' always been confirmed.
Citta 'contradictory. The city 'by Bruegel and Magritte. The city 'choice Horta for his architectural experiments. The city 'that kills the art in the name of progress post-industrial. But this murderous rampage is not 'not a vocation history. In 1889 he became mayor of Brussels, Charles Buls, known for his uncompromising position on preserving the architectural heritage of the city '. After his election immediately stops any further demolition project of national and indeed demands the reconstruction of a demolished building recklessly on the Grand Place, which promotes comprehensive restoration, and his essay "L'Esthétique des villes" will then have an extraordinary success in Europe, in particular in Italy, where the problem of adapting the historic fabric of the fragile geological and cities 'means of transport and modern production and' always been confirmed.
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