A Destroyed Town Develops a Successful City

Cities are never confined to one area of space. Is there a definite location as to where a city or town, starts or finishes. A city which has been modernized in the new era is San Francisco in the United States of America. It currently has an estimated population of 864,816. (2016, October 17), from …

Blog Entry 1: Paris

Cathal McGrath Student no: 115328516 For my blog entry I have chosen to explore the city of Paris. In this blog I will indulge into the 'unique qualities and characteristics of the growing influence of modernity' in the 'city of light' overtime. During the 18th and 19th centuries pubic spaces such as systems of streets, …

Pushed to the Limits

Home to over 31,000 people as of 2017, Juneau, Alaska (Figure 1) has been no easy frontier. Backed into the corner of a fjord, the little town of Juneau has spread a decent amount since the early prospectors marked it on a map around the 1790s. Early mining claims were designated in the area when two …

When the public space emerge from the flames: The exemple of Rennes (France)

Made by Nicolas Myhie, 117106707.       Before we begin to analyse the emergence of public space in Rennes, we need to look at the historical context of the region : "La Bretagne" or Brittany was independent until 1532, year when it was attached to France. But this region had for years a very …

Wenceslas Square, Prague.

More a broad boulevard than a typical city square, Wenceslas Square has witnessed a great deal of Czech history – a giant Mass was held here during the revolutionary upheavals of 1848 (Figure 2); in 1918 the creation of the new Czechoslovak Republic was celebrated here; and it was here in 1989 that the fall …