Try chasing the references from this article:
http://www.ashgate.com/pdf/SamplePages/Urban_Poetics_in_the_French_Renaissance_Intro.pdf
Incidentally, I will be delivering a keynote address to a conference in Venice
in November that may throw light on this question/theme:
http://www.professionearchitetto.it/mostre/notizie/9959.aspx
And finally, has anyone noticed the division between east and west in many
former industrial cities inthe UK, with best hosuing on the west side, and
industry on the east, attributed by some to the prevailing wind direction in
smokestack industry days? And what aboutthe north (rich) and south (poorer) of
the river divsions that seems to exist in so many cities.
'South of the river this time of the night?
Are you 'aving a larf, Guv?'
J.
Quoting "SCHOFIELD, John" <[log in to unmask]>:
> In conducting my research in Valletta (Malta), a sixteenth century town
> planned by the Knights, the logic of its arrangement has been mentioned
> several times: the idea of a left- and right-hand side to the city, the
> latter being for trade and business, and the left for leisure and 'other'
> (which is where Strait Street is situated). I have accumulated quite a bit of
> information about this, and understand it to be a feature of many towns and
> cities of this period. However I haven't yet been able to locate any
> definitive sources which either describe this aspect of medieval and early
> post medieval town planning, or which critique it. A quick Google trawl
> didn't reveal anything obvious. Can anyone help with sources that either
> describe this situation in general, or in the Mediterranean specifically.
>
> With many thanks.
>
> John
>
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