Recoding the City - Thinking, Planning, and Building the City of the Nineteenth Century

Recoding the City asks about the intentions and interests of the protagonists who shaped the city of the nineteenth century. Under what conditions did they succeed in inserting themselves into, overwriting, or even rewriting the existing urban structures? Against a background of the growing competition between cities, public space increasingly became a medium that conveyed meaning, but also a battleground for ideas and demands