The ‘Pergolenviertel’ in Hamburg, Germany, was built in the path of what was formerly supposed to be an urban highway. You can still find many traces of this former plan in and around the neighborhood.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:36 - Chapter 1: New Beginnings
3:58 - Chapter 2: Bold Plans
7:28 - Chapter 3: Remedies
10:02 - Outro
Further links and sources (German):
Das Große A, Der Spiegel 24/1961
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/das-grosse-a-a-3b5c342d-0002-0001-0000-000043364423
Hamburger Pergolenviertel: Bei "autoarm" hakt es im Quartier
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/hamburg/Hamburger-Pergolenviertel-Bei-autoarm-hakt-es-im-Quartier,pergolenviertel114.html
Hamburg damals: Baubeginn Ost-West-Straße vor 70 Jahren
https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/hamburg-journal/hamburg-damals-baubeginn-ost-west-strasse-vor-70-jahren/ndr/Y3JpZDovL25kci5kZS8xNzU4MDQ3ZS02NzI2LTRlOTctYTlkZS1jYzBkYjc4OTA3YjI
Planportal Hamburg
https://www.hamburg.de/politik-und-verwaltung/behoerden/behoerde-fuer-stadtentwicklung-und-wohnen/themen/stadtentwicklung/bauleitplanung/planportal
Dzwierzynska, J., & Prokopska, A. (2017). IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci. 95(5)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/95/5/052007
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