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The endangered refugee housing complex…

The endangered refugee housing complex on Alexandras Avenue, central Athens, shows through a rent in a giant tarpaulin used by Athens 2004 organizers to mask the neglected 1930s buildings – and other city edifices deemed unlovely – during the Olympics. Athenians successfully fought off government plans to demolish the complex before the Games and create a park in its stead.

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