Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition

Athens has both famous and infamous identities. A city immersed in history surrounded by an"ugly"contemporary urban environment. A city which people love to ‘hate’ exactly due to this dense urban environment and fast pace, but which at the same time is celebrated for its lively everyday (a...

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Main Author: Katerina Polychroniadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: professionaldreamers 2016-06-01
Series:lo Squaderno
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Online Access:http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sQ40_tot_.pdf#page=13
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spelling doaj-ab68de11e9dc44d7b1dcbb0896c2a2732020-11-24T21:43:05Zengprofessionaldreamerslo Squaderno1973-91412016-06-0111401316Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of traditionKaterina Polychroniadi0ENSA Paris la VilletteAthens has both famous and infamous identities. A city immersed in history surrounded by an"ugly"contemporary urban environment. A city which people love to ‘hate’ exactly due to this dense urban environment and fast pace, but which at the same time is celebrated for its lively everyday (and night) life and creativity. In this paper we focus on the so called "historical and commercial triangle", the city’s downtown in which the historic image of Athens juxtaposes to (coexists with) the most important touristic, leisure and commercial activities.http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sQ40_tot_.pdf#page=13Patrimonializationlo Squaderno No. 40
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author Katerina Polychroniadi
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Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition
lo Squaderno
Patrimonialization
lo Squaderno No. 40
author_facet Katerina Polychroniadi
author_sort Katerina Polychroniadi
title Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition
title_short Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition
title_full Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition
title_fullStr Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition
title_full_unstemmed Historical and commercial triangle of Athens. Patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition
title_sort historical and commercial triangle of athens. patrimonalization through imaginary urban projects, rhetoric and rediscovery of tradition
publisher professionaldreamers
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publishDate 2016-06-01
description Athens has both famous and infamous identities. A city immersed in history surrounded by an"ugly"contemporary urban environment. A city which people love to ‘hate’ exactly due to this dense urban environment and fast pace, but which at the same time is celebrated for its lively everyday (and night) life and creativity. In this paper we focus on the so called "historical and commercial triangle", the city’s downtown in which the historic image of Athens juxtaposes to (coexists with) the most important touristic, leisure and commercial activities.
topic Patrimonialization
lo Squaderno No. 40
url http://www.losquaderno.professionaldreamers.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/sQ40_tot_.pdf#page=13
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