Sensitive historic reconstruction can revive a city without displacing residents

Evidence

Amir Pasic is a native of Herzegovina. An architect and city planner, he won an international award in 1987 for his work in reconstructing the old city of Mostar. The historic core of the city, which had been in decline, was reconstructed with sensitivity to both historical detail and social viability. Residents of the old city were not priced out of their property. They were encouraged to open businesses and museums that would serve the tourists expected to come to a revived Mostar. The plan worked, and before the war broke out in neighboring Croatia in 1991, Mostar had a strong tourist economy and a vital old town. — Michael A. Sells, The Bridge Betrayed, 297

Categorization

• ADDENDUM: A concrete positive example for the ‘Grafting & Growth’ essay’s argument that infrastructure built with social vitality in mind outperforms purely physical restoration.
• XREF: connects to: Epic restoration requires social transformation, not the novelist’s will — Fredric Jameson, Marxism and Form, 367