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Miyashita Park was built in 1964 on the roof of a public car park. Its interstitial location over the railway tracks along with its being above street level led to a long period of disuse and occupation by many homeless people. Recently the major commercial development of the Shibuya Ward has encouraged interest from a private sponsor to transform this space. The formula chosen to carry out the renovation work on this site has been for private investment in return for the installation of pay for-use sports facilities. The financial support included changing the name of the park, an idea which was eventually to be abandoned owing to citizen protest.

This project is published in a+t Strategy and Tactics in Public Space. This issue, and the whole a+t collection, is available in a+t Online Library.

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