Published in 1/2024 - The Heart of the City

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Revitalizing the City with Community Gardens

Ella Kaira, Matti Jänkälä

Activist-artist Adam Purple’s garden in Lower East Side, New York, in 1984. Photo: Tony Yarus

What could the Finnish urban planning and design practice learn from New York’s community gardens?

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