A cultural icon disappears from Albania’s historical fabric, but leaves behind a strengthened civil society
Since the fall of communism, Albania has seen the tightly-controlled real estate market boom, reflected in the speed with which buildings go up.
“If the pre-nineties political system did something right it was urban planning – with systematic roads and residential blocks and with a floor height of 5-7 floors in most parts of the capital. In addition, there were public spaces between the living block in the form of courtyards and playgrounds for children,” says Nebih Bushaj an urban planning student and activist fighting for students rights.
“Many characteristic villas in Tirana including Ottoman period villas and Italian villas from the 1930s that were not affected during the [communist] dictatorship, were allowed to be sold to constructors without being protected by the state, often being deliberately left to be ruined so that their owners would sell them for two pennies to the construction companies,” added Bushaj toMulti-story high rise concrete towers have shot up in the capital and there are pervasive rumours that members of...
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