The thesis is about the major urban transformation in Stockholm after the Second World War, but not about how the transformation process itself took place. Instead, it aims to shed light on perceptions, interpretations and reactions to what is sometimes called one of Europe's largest and most radical urban development projects. The overall objective is to study the process of change in Stockholm during the 1950s and 1960s from a cultural-historical narrative perspective. I intend to describe, compare and analyze values, underlying driving forces, rhetoric and counter-rhetoric behind the great urban transformation. I want to capture the thoughts and perceptions of the social actors; the legitimizing narratives of different interests will be juxtaposed. The main sources are newspapers and magazines from the current study period, articles that allow urban planners, politicians and other Stockholmers to have their say. I want to investigate whether there was an undercurrent of critical voices that were later forgotten and more or less disappeared from the collective memory. The thesis is about how people used to look at urban buildings and their value. The great modernization process of Stockholm meant building a new society but also demolishing what was considered to belong to a past era. This transformation still evokes strong emotions among Stockholmers today, and the narrative about it differs depending on who is describing it and in which era.