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Published in 1/2021 - Crisis

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Revisit: The Ruoholahti Canal

Text Kristo Vesikansa Images Tuomas Uusheimo (2021), Jussi Tiainen (1991, 1996)

2021

Ruoholahti district, built during the 1990s, continues the grid structure of the Helsinki city centre westwards. The canal traversing the district utilises classic themes of urban planning in a slightly modernized form.

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