Similar thing happened in Yerevan, Armenia last year, but in a smaller scale. Group of people protected a park from construction of boutiques. It took around 2

Similar thing happened in Yerevan, Armenia last year, but in a smaller scale. Group of people protected a park from construction of boutiques. It took around 2 months and the government finally gave up. There is a wikipedia article covering the story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashtots_Park_Movement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mashtots_Park_Movement