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Heinz a leader in real estate investing and management since 1957 Community meeting points are essential contributors to the quality of life for city dwellers.
They offer places to share, trade and ultimately provide camaraderie and combat isolation.
The neighbourhood kiosk, in whatever its form, remains a shining example of this in the public realm around the world.
You're listening to Tall Stories, a Monocle production brought to you by the team behind the Urbanist.
I'm Andrew Tuck.
In this episode, Petri Butsov visits Helsinki's Canopy kiosks to see how city residents have revived these icons of the urban environment.
Walk around downtown Helsinki and you cannot miss the yellow wooden kiosks scattered around the Finnish capital, called Lipioski.
In finish, the kiosks have a distinct and instantly recognizable look, which features an extensive roof that arches over the kiosk counter providing shelter to the patrons and a large all glass facade with an open window in the middle.
The kiosks trace their history to the 1920s and 1930s when they were designed in a functionalist style by the city architect Gunnar Tauger for the upcoming Helsinki Summer Olympics.
Originally fully round, their design was slightly altered after the Olympics were postponed because of World War II to 1952.
The customer facing side was made flat and their size grew bigger in order to accommodate more use cases in a rapidly modernizing urban milieu.
The kiosks were placed at key locations near parks and popular bus and tram stops and sold items such as coffee, sweets and soda drinks to locals and visitors alike.
With time, the once popular kiosks fell into disuse as shopping malls and convenience stores spread around the city.