I enjoyed this article of yours, Kevin. You've really done it justice. It's one of my preferred parts of the city and when I used to work there it was still heaving with construction but the park especially has turned out well. I know it's not exactly in Glories but the nearby "Superilla" blocks have helped lift the quality of life a lot too, in my opinion. https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/the-barcelona-superblock-of-poblenou/
Thanks, Brett. When I think back to what it was, it’s really a shock to come out of the metro stop and see what it is now. The park was badly needed… And it looks like we were writing about superilla at around the same time. I did this for ULI’s magazine…It’s nice to see they are taking hold in some areas…
Perhaps because of Cerdas influence and also Francos political aims driving the post war development in the Barri Goti, Barcelona is always so fascinating as an urban development narrative. Nice piece mate.
I enjoyed this article of yours, Kevin. You've really done it justice. It's one of my preferred parts of the city and when I used to work there it was still heaving with construction but the park especially has turned out well. I know it's not exactly in Glories but the nearby "Superilla" blocks have helped lift the quality of life a lot too, in my opinion. https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2017/11/07/the-barcelona-superblock-of-poblenou/
Thanks, Brett. When I think back to what it was, it’s really a shock to come out of the metro stop and see what it is now. The park was badly needed… And it looks like we were writing about superilla at around the same time. I did this for ULI’s magazine…It’s nice to see they are taking hold in some areas…
https://urbanland.uli.org/planning-design/barcelonas-experiment-superblocks
Yes, the planning you talk about in your link article has worked best in Poblenou I’d say and also in the Enric Granados / Consell de Cent corner.
Perhaps because of Cerdas influence and also Francos political aims driving the post war development in the Barri Goti, Barcelona is always so fascinating as an urban development narrative. Nice piece mate.
Thank you! It's always important to recognize the influence of the Franco years on Barcelona...
So glad Barcelona got another big green space... It sorely needs it.