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Architectural precision in urban journalism.Fourteen Years in the Making, Prague's Metropolitan Plan Takes Effect on 1 September
The document replacing a zoning system conceived a century ago clears the way for 350,000 new homes — and pushes them onto brownfields rather than the open countryside.
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