The downtown area today has precious few places to park a car (and the civic architecture is most charitably described as mediocre).

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Cardiff Civic Society is a registered charity set up to promote civic pride and high standards of planning, architecture and environment in the capital.

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In a city defined in no small measure by its towering architecture, Brooklyn Public Library archivist Ivy Marvel believes there is "civic pride" in knowing that window cleaners exist.

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Planning mistakes from the past, such as the Market building on the Green and the Trinity Centre car park, should be redeveloped with high quality contemporary architecture and urban landscaping that contributes to the cityscape, improves connectivity, and conveys civic ambition and pride.

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