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- Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.
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It's fantastic that they did this, but i don't know why they didn't have more greenery. It's like a bunch of potted plants loosely scattered about, which is nice, but IMO would've been a lot better if they really had long stretches of green plant life
Might be limited in terms of how much weight of soil the structure can support.
I'm wondering if it's a maintenance thing? Like they need to be able to inspect the former road surface for damage, or contain the plants to avoid roots spreading any cracks they can find? No idea otherwise.