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The public park and the neighborhood
The archaeological site at Plato’s Academy forms part of a public garden and is the reference point to the whole surrounding area.
Plato’s Academy is a dynamic neighborhood of contemporary Athens where new cultural values are shaped and an area where urban commons are produced and cultivated in these years of crisis and many efforts related to social, political and economic positive innovation have been created and developed. New ways of cultural production and cooperative, social and solidarity economy processes emerge from the daily life of the neighborhood.
The public park is a precious ‘green island’ of local and city-wide importance for Athens, where the percentage of green areas is very low (7%, vs. the 24% European cities average). As such, it is an essential point of reference for the local residents: A space that allows the development of relationships among the local community, where many leisure, sports, and cultural activities take place.
Together all these characteristics make up a polymorphic urban fabric and a unique place where the ancient past is intermeshed with the more recent one and with the vibrant present, a palimpsest of its archaeological, cultural, natural, industrial and social landscapes.