A collection about Barcelona
Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians. Read ...
I can be wrong, and I will be wrong. This is a video on the Cerdà Plan, which is the reason why there are so many octagons in the city of Barcelona...
Introducing "superblocks." "In 2016, I wrote a brief story on “superblocks,” a hot new urban-planning idea out of Barcelona, Spain, that would r...
The city is creating a network of walkable, mixed-use "superblocks."
"It was amazing when they stopped the cars."
The twin terrors of traffic and gentrification, and how they can be addressed.
If the plan can survive politics, it can demonstrate how to create tight-knit urban communities.
A few US cities, like Portland, Oregon, might have the infrastructure and civic will to follow in Barcelona’s footsteps.
How the city grew, from pre-Christian Romans to Cerdà to the 1992 Olympics.
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