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The physical revitalization proposal for the area includes the 
following features: 
Physical intervention to: 
-Poor building façades including windows, 
balconies, roofs and walls; 
-Buildings in poor structural condition; 
-Buildings with lack of maintenance; 
-Poor conditioned building courtyards; 
-Lack of landscaping features and urban furniture; 
-Base covering of both street and the, neighbouring 
square; 
The economic revitalization proposal for the area includes the 
following features: 
Adoption of some buildings to a new function or use 
like arts and crafts centre, lace-work workshop, 
restaurants having traditional cuisine, clubs or 
pensions. 
Extension of new uses to the street, courtyards and 
square. 
As a result of the suggested proposal, the area will become one 
of the attraction points of the Limanarkasi, which effect 
Cultural Tourism in a positive way, provide liveability and 
vitality due to the mix-use, provide economic gain to the whole 
city and therefore, the area physically, economically and 
socially revitalized, will be sustained. 
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