Cities

Berlin is a manifestation of all that The Alpine Review thinks about: It lives the notions of a flat, networked world, of constant remixing of ideas, of crafts and technology and culture intersections. Its only natural that it was our city in focus for Issue 1.

Big cities are constantly changing, shops and restaurants opening and closing, neighbourhoods gentrifying, others being re-discovered, some declining or simply becoming sleepier.

The pair sat down with Patrick Tanguay (PT), Editor-at-large of The Alpine Review, to chat about gentrification, the ways Berlin has changed over the last fifteen years, and whether affordable cities destroy ambition.

As creativity becomes, arguably, the most valuable resource, city planners do their best to cultivate creative neighbourhoods where innovation can thrive. However, there is more to cultivating creativity than building coffee shops and craft supply stores.

One aspect of a city that we are always fascinated by is the creative space.