Friday, March 18, 2011

sitte and internal reserves


Five or six internal reserves appear in this design for Marienberg, c. 1903, by Camillo Sitte. A quick look at google map seems to suggest the plan was not followed at all, but perhaps I'm reading it wrongly.

2 comments:

  1. The present name of the town is: Ostrava-Marianské Hory. Maybe this make the different.

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  2. Thank you Maykel. I had actually figured this out only a few days ago - information from, firstly, a student and secondly CC Bohl and J-F Lejeune's Sitte, Hegemann and the Metropolis. I appreciate your contribution. Have you been there? DN

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