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Chapter 1
San Francisco
Ben Grant from the San Francisco Bay Area Planning and Urban Research Association (Spur) tells us about the history of San Francisco’s urban design and how a plan to build the city on top of the roads rather than on street level failed.
8 minutes
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Chapter 2
Zoning in Vienna
With land prices in Vienna relentlessly on the up, the city’s socialist administration updated the city’s building code, putting a price cap on new residential areas.
6 minutes
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Chapter 3
Yugoslav architecture
We discuss the exhibition ‘Towards a Concrete Utopia’, on the wonders of urbanism in the former Yugoslavia, as its run at Moma draws to a close. Plus: in Serbia’s capital you can still take a tour around New Belgrade’s concrete-block bonanza.
6 minutes
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Chapter 4
LA tales
As Monocle’s newest bureau in Los Angeles opens its doors, Ben Rylan embarks on an expedition through the winding streets of the Hollywood Hills, where some of the city’s most fascinating homes still stand.
8 minutes
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