Harinas Cloquell building with graffiti and vegetation along the base

The ‘broken windows’ of Alicante’s southern gateway

Urban neglect and broken windows The ‘broken windows’ theory traces back to a 1969 experiment by Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo. Two similar cars were left in different neighbourhoods. One was in the Bronx, then a deprived area of New York City with serious problems. The other was in Palo Alto, an affluent, quiet part of…