Just to let you know that the picture to the right is of a public housing estate known as 'Les 4000' in La Courneuve which is situated on the periphery (or banlieues) of Paris. I visited the site a couple of weeks ago as part of my British Academy project on racism and multiculture on the edge. My colleague David Garbin and I have conducted a number of interview with residents living here. The gaps or holes in the building were actually 'cut out' because the block cast too great a shadow and was thus considered too depressing. The families who lived in the gaps had to be relocated...
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