Reuters advertises the Athens’ “pocket parks”

The article also focuses on the source of the problem that the capital is facing, with “a population explosion in the decades after World War Two when migration from rural areas fuelled uncontrolled building.”

So far, three such parks have been created, in Kypseli, Kolonos and Pagrati, giving a “breath” of Freshness, but also color in three densely-built areas that lack open green space, while the Municipality of Athens plans to “create of more model parks in the neighborhoods and the city center, in order to regenerate spaces that have been left to their fate for many years”.

Reuters “hosts” a statement by the mayor of Athens, Costas Bakoyannis, who notes that the creation of pocket parks is “about creating green spaces, lowering the temperatures, giving quality of life and creating new reference points inside the city”.

The news agency’s tribute also refers to the capital’s fountains, which are repaired after many years “lower temperatures and improve air quality”.