Concrete is always a solution

A German regional newspaper published an article in mid-June about the planned restoration of a market square in a small town in western Germany. The chairperson of the local heritage association, a Ms W., told the editor of that newspaper that “concrete would be a mortal sin” for paving the historic town center. The newspaper article picked up this opinion in the polemic heading “Concrete is no solution.” It goes without saying that I, as the editor-of-chief of BFT INTERNATIONAL, was startled when I saw this article on the Internet.

This article also features nondescript market squares paved...

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