social movements facing neo-liberal urban transformations
Patrick LACOSTE and Antoine RICHARD
From the beginning, the big project of real estate investors in the second half of the 19th century has battled with the lack of interest of the Marseille elite. The buildings of the Société Immobilière Marseillaise (SIM) were rented to craftsmen, tradesmen and those working in the ports. The SIM maintained [...]
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Original Article (French) : http://www.centrevillepourtous.asso.fr/article.php?id_article=2218
October 14, 2008
“Urban renovation or financial speculation” Residents and merchants are victims of the financial speculation and the inadequacies of the local authorities”
http://marseille2008.no-vox.org/
If you had taken a early stroll down the Rue de la Republique in Marseille on Sunday morning the 22nd of November the first thing that would have struck you was that it appeared that nobody lived there. This might have been because of all the vacant shop and apartments, or alternatively due [...]