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Preserving Prague

By: Language: English Series: CS Monthly ; 2(1) September 1992, 9(1)Publication details: 1992Subject(s): Summary: Outlines the pressures threatening Prague and its historic Old Town with commercialism and unsympathetic development. Lack of maintenance during the communist years have left the city well preserved but in need of massive refurbishment. The building works programme over the past three years has been affected by municipal control on the one hand, and by pollution, tourism and economic growth on the other.

Outlines the pressures threatening Prague and its historic Old Town with commercialism and unsympathetic development. Lack of maintenance during the communist years have left the city well preserved but in need of massive refurbishment. The building works programme over the past three years has been affected by municipal control on the one hand, and by pollution, tourism and economic growth on the other.