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#68. Trash Dump Revives Borough

ReBuilders Source warehouse and store, South Bronx, 2008 Photo : Gia Freilla

A worker-owned cooperative that sorts and repairs scrap dumped in the South Bronx from construction and demolition sites all over New York City.

Recycling

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#51. Roof Repair Permit Creates Room

The Old Town of Seville has many restrictions on construction and renovation in order to maintain its historic character.

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Guerrilla

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#49. Graffiti Builds Balcony

Unable to construct a balcony for his apartment legally, Santiago Cirugeda vandalized the building with spray paint, then requested a construction permit for scaffolding to allow him to remove the

Recycling

Guerrilla

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#25. Ceiling Lights Defeat Unwanted Development

Project with Lights was a strategy for catalyzing community interest in a piece of land that had been approved for development without much consultation.

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#27. Shipping Pallets Grow Community

Vacant spaces at 56 Sainte-Blaise transformed with neighbours, 2007 – 2008 © aaa

Two ‘social construction’ projects directed by the atelier d’architecture autogérée for neighbourhoods in Paris that lacked green space.

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#28. Photocopies Create Promenade

High Line Series, 2000. Canadian Centre for Architecture Collection, Montréal. © Joel Sternfeld

Friends of the High Line was founded in 1999 to coordinate efforts to save a 2.3 km-long elevated railway in Southwestern Manhattan by turning it into a public park-promenade.

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