Linz Texas : A City Relates

by Fitz, Angelika; Heller, Martin

• ISBN13: 9783211788943
• ISBN10: 3211788948
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-23
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

They see themselves as historic centres while simultaneously becoming secondary in the dynamics of regional urbanisation. They move between rural idylls and chronically overloaded junctions. They are innovative commercial locations and yet remain eternally the provinces. Are the middle-sized towns between all the cracks? Or is this position in-between an opportunity in itself because this kind of urban fabric has so much potential? Linz is a prototypical middle-sized town. Not only in terms of its size and geographic position, between the hotspots of Vienna and Salzburg, but also because of the widely strewn palette of attributes. And, in fact, in the recent past Linz has used this in-between position and developed a remarkable talent for reinventing itself. Linz is European Capital of Culture in 2009. This exceptional situation calls once more for a new pitch. Who can Linz learn from and what can others learn from Linz? What does Linz share with Madrid or Galati? Which of its attributes are shared with Moscow or Davos? An urban road movie - to the end of the world - is looking for the answer.

Table of Contents

Preface: Exhibiting the City	p. 8
A City Like Linz	p. 10
The Most Interesting City in Austria	p. 16
From Siderurgy to Semiurgy	p. 22
Accelerating Stifter: Linz and its Landscape	p. 28
Linz Texas - Relations
Scenarios, visuals and commentary
Paris, Texas: The Runners-up	p. 38
Pasching: Shopping	p. 44
Madrid: Building for Traffic	p. 54
Davos: Country Air	p. 60
Hyderabad: Landscapes of Technology	p. 66
Salzgitter: The Nazis' Model City	p. 72
Wolfsburg: Living Industry	p. 84
Rourkela: Building for the World	p. 92
Port Camargue: The City as a Garden	p. 100
Galati: Waterway	p. 106
Manchester: The Fabric of the Industrial Revolution	p. 116
Haifa: City of Labor	p. 126
Moscow: Excellence for All	p. 134
Vienna: To Old Buildings!	p. 140
Seattle: Do-it-yourself Music	p. 146
London: The Great Exhibition	p. 152
Kassel: City Branding	p. 158
Graz: European Capital of Culture	p. 164
Linz Status Quo: The Cultural Capital of a City
Introduction	p. 170
Deja vu	p. 172
The Problem is "What is the Problem?"	p. 184
Rethinking the City Spectacle	p. 190
Biographies	p. 200
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