Tokyo Governor Koike asked to stop $2.45 billion plan to remake park, famous baseball stadium
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike was asked Tuesday to stop a disputed $2.45 billion project to convert a city park district, renowned for its rows of 100-year-old ginkgo trees, into a largely commercial area anchored around three skyscrapers. The plan for the Jingu Gaien area calls for razing a famous baseball stadium where Babe Ruth played and rebuilding it, part of a vast construction project that threatens thousands of trees in a city with limited green space. A group of 420 outside experts including architects, urban planners, environmentalists and economists demanded in an open letter and ne...
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