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(Title in Polish - 'Rewitalizacja - pomiedzy odnowa a degradacja tkanki miejskiej. Przyklad modernizacji ulicy Tumskiej w Plocku'). The author takes a critical approach to some concepts of revitalization of neglected down town areas. He analyses the concepts of revitalization and modernization of the urban space. He warns against the revitalization by interference in the established aesthetic order - the new arrangements should refer to the earlier order and the aesthetic parameters of the neighbourhood.