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This type of destruction happened in parts of Stockholm, with the historic Klara neighbourhood being destroyed and replaced by roads and modernist/brutalist arc
by acadapter 5y ago
This type of destruction happened in parts of Stockholm, with the historic Klara neighbourhood being destroyed and replaced by roads and modernist/brutalist architecture.
It was apparently very difficult for people to speak up during the forced reloactions and demolishing, but in hindsight it's viewed a destructive act. Too late.
It's not like there wasn't any room for architectural experiments. Many suburbs were built at that time on empty land (with both good and bad results).
- rags2riches 5y agoLe Corbusier actually made plans for Stockholm as well. They were even worse. The whole Old Town of Stockholm as well as great parts of Norrmalm and Södermalm would have been lost. The raisinf of the old Klara and the related "modernization" was bad, but it could have been much, much worse if Le Corbusier had had his way.