But one thing, at least is certain. Just like those ’broken teeth’ they so closely resemble: this ruling establishes that Malta’s urban streetscapes have indeed been the victim of an ‘act of ‘violence’ – now deemed ‘criminal’, by our country’s highest court - for the past seven years, at least
Chief Justice Mark Chetcuti revoked a permit for a five-storey block in an area in Santa Lucija characterized by two-storey terraced houses built in the 1980s. James Debono caught up with different stakeholders to understand the impact of such a landmark decision on other pencil developments in other areas with a uniform skyline.
Michael Stivala was participating in a heated discussion on 103 FM’s chat show hosted by Andrew Azzopardi, with Moviment Graffiti activist Andre Callus, the president of Din l-Art Ħelwa Alex Torpiano, and architect Robert Musumeci