Expo ’58 and “the car as king”
Whereas it took more than forty years to complete the North-South railway junction, a scant three years was necessary to change the face of the city of Brussels completely and turn it into one of the European capitals with the highest levels of car ownership. Expo ’58 had a crucial role in accelerat...
Main Author: | Michel Hubert |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles
2008-10-01
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Series: | Brussels Studies |
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Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/brussels/627 |
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