Tokyo’s incredible path to redevelopment - BBC Future
As extensive preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games steam ahead, we look at the city’s history of urban redesign and rapid development.
Tokyo’s incredible path to redevelopment 17 March 2020 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Christian Dimmer Features correspondent Alamy Vector map of Tokyo (credit: Alamy) As extensive preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games steam ahead, we look at the city’s history of urban redesign and rapid development. Kon Ichikawa’s classic 1965 film Tokyo Olympiad begins with a staggering scene of destruction: the image of a rising sun, representing the Japan that has similarly risen out of the ruins of World War Two, seamlessly blends into a wrecking ball vociferously knocking d
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