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It issued a worldwide Heritage Alert, describing Jingu Gaien as an “outstanding example of a citizen-owned park”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The UNESCO-affiliated International Council on Monuments and Sites said the planned redevelopment of Tokyo’s leafy Jingu Gaien park amounts to “irreversible destruction” of the nation’s cultural heritage and called for the project to be scrapped.
A UNESCO advisory body calls for the withdrawal of a redevelopment plan in Tokyo that would see two historic sports venues demolished and the loss of thousands of trees in one of the city's greenest neighborhoods.
TOKYO (AP) – Tokyo’s Jingu Gaien park area has been placed on a ‘Heritage Alert’ list by a conservancy body that assesses international monuments and historic sites. The conservancy says the planned redevelopment will lead to “irreversible destruction of cultural heritage” with thousands of trees being felled. The plan approved earlier by Tokyo Governor Yuriko […]