love-spain: Barcelona, City Center, Spain.
Constructed in the early 20th century, Eixample is a district of the Spanish city of Barcelona known for the urban planning that divided the district into octagonal blocks. Influenced by a range of schools of architecture, Eixample was designed in a grid pattern with long streets, wide avenues, and rounded street corners.
Despite being in the center of a thriving European metropolis, the district provides improved living conditions for inhabitants including extensive sun light, improved ventilation, and more open green space for public use. And of course, the result from the grid-like structure is astounding from above.
I stayed in L’Eixample in 2003 and 2004. In 2003 I was on the same block as La Pedrera. I was just thinking on the bus this morning about my daily stroll down the Passeig de Gracia from the hotel down to La Plaça Catalunya, Las Ramblas and the neighborhoods in that area. The streets are very wide and green. I passed La Pedrera, Casa Batlló, and the Illa de la Discòrdia each day. It is one of my all time favorite walks.
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love-spain: Barcelona, City Center, Spain....Ugh Barcelona why so pretty
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