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Mayor overseeing a green regeneration in city where temperatures can already surpass 40C
Smog settles over central Athens. Photograph: Eye Ubiquitous/Alamy
Smog settles over central Athens. Photograph: Eye Ubiquitous/Alamy
Mon 10 May 2021 00.00 EDT
Like every Athens mayor, Kostas Bakoyannis is acutely aware of the illustrious heritage of one of the worldâs oldest cities. After all, he says, it is busts of Pericles and his mistress Aspasia that adorn the entrance of the neoclassical town hall. From the windows of his cavernous office, he can glimpse the Parthenon through the jumble of concrete buildings and antennas.
But Bakoyannis prefers to talk about the present, not least his plans for fountains, parks and trees â antidotes to the afflictions of more modern times.