▁success ▁became ▁obvious ▁when ▁exam in ations ▁revealed ▁the ▁bad ▁state ▁of ▁air ▁and ▁the ▁Rh ine ▁due ▁to ▁poll ution . ▁There ▁had ▁always ▁been ▁some ▁st en ch ▁or ▁d irt ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁city , ▁caused ▁by ▁B AS F ▁and ▁other ▁plants , ▁and ▁as ▁long ▁as ▁the ▁industry ▁had ▁prosper ed , ▁people ▁had ▁accepted ▁it . ▁Besides ▁that , ▁the ▁concrete ▁constru ctions ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁so ▁modern ▁after ▁the ▁war ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁form ative ▁influence ▁on ▁today ' s ▁city s cape ▁were ▁increasing ly ▁considered ▁as ▁ob sole te . ▁ ▁Contempor ary ▁Ludwig sh afen ▁In ▁recent ▁years , ▁many ▁efforts ▁have ▁been ▁made ▁to ▁enh ance ▁Ludwig sh afen ' s ▁image ▁in ▁the ▁media . ▁The ▁city ▁administration ▁has ▁cut ▁down ▁its ▁def ic it ▁by ▁cutting ▁down ▁social ▁pay ments ▁and ▁maintenance , ▁poll ution ▁has ▁been ▁( not ▁least ▁by ▁B AS F ) ▁restricted , ▁the ▁formerly ▁ro tt en ▁Hem sh of ▁quarter ▁has ▁been ▁restored . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁a ▁fire ▁broke ▁out ▁in ▁a ▁building ▁where ▁many ▁eth nic ▁Tur ks ▁lived . ▁ 9 ▁people ▁died , ▁all ▁of ▁them ▁Tur ks ▁and ▁ 5 ▁of ▁them ▁children . ▁It ▁was ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁ar son ist ▁attack , ▁however ▁this ▁was ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁not ▁true . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁anno ying ▁fault s ▁of ▁Ludwig sh afen ▁– ▁at ▁least ▁for ▁many ▁of ▁the