On Asian Streets and Public Space

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CONTENTS PREFACE – ABOUT GASS INTRODUCTION I. THE STREET: TRANSFORMATION AND MODERNITY Avenue Praia Grande: A Record of Portuguese Ambition and Nostalgia CHEN Yu + HENG Chye Kiang A Street of Elusive Significance: Hamilton Road, Singapore WOO Pui Leng From the Aristocratic to the Commercial: Chongno Street in Seoul KIM Sung Hong The Royal Road Revisited: On Transformation of Queen’s Road in Hong Kong Desmond HUI + Ken TOO II. THE CULTURE OF STREETS An Insight into the Asian Streets: Streets in Sri Lanka and Their Transformations Ranjith DAYARATNE The Malaysian Multicultural Streetscape: Challenges in the New Millennium Yushi UTAKA + M. Amiruddin FAWZI III. EXPERIENCING THE STREET Savouring the Streets of Sampaloc: Rediscovering Its Local Flavour Ferdinand Isidro DELA PAZ Hong Kong Escalator or the Liquid Journey Laurent GUTIERREZ + Valérie PORTEFAIX IV. DESIGN AND QUALITY OF STREETS Remoulding Taiwanese Historical Market Streets: The Case of Fengtian April Hueimin LU Competing for the Sidewalk: Street Peddling as an Unwanted Urban Activity Heru W. POERBO v vi 01 03 25 39 51 61 63 79 91 93 105 119 121 133 The Street and Its Influence on the Sense of Place of Malaysian Cities Shuhana SHAMSUDDIN + Ahmad Bashri SULAIMAN The Importance of Streets Allan JACOBS NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 143 159 170 174 ...