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The neighborhood of La Barceloneta was designed by an engineer named Juan Martín Cermeño. [3] The famous markets in La Barceloneta were designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Rovira i Trias in 1873. He had an urban plan for the future of Barcelona architecture, which won the 1859 municipal contest by city council's decree.
The name means "old city" in Catalan and refers to the oldest neighborhoods in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Ciutat Vella is nestled between the Mediterranean Sea and the neighborhood called l'Eixample ("the Extension"). There are four administrative neighborhoods (some of them include former or traditional neighborhoods): La Barceloneta
In 1753, the construction of the neighborhood of La Barceloneta began at the initiative of the Marquis of La Mina. Located on a small peninsula of land reclaimed from the sea, its layout was designed by the engineer Pedro Martín Cermeño , with a grid of orthogonal streets and blocks of houses of elongated plan, which is a clear example of ...
In 1769 a reform was carried out that created five districts, each subdivided into eight neighborhoods: I-Palacio included the port and the new neighborhood of La Barceloneta; II-San Pedro was an eminently industrial area; III-Audiencia corresponded to the center of the city; IV-Casa de la Ciudad was a mainly residential area; and V-Raval ...
Unapproved hostels are opening in otherwise quiet Los Angeles neighborhoods, leading to neighbor complaints and an increase in police calls. Illegal hostels are popping up in L.A. neighborhoods ...
La Barceloneta: 15,125 109.5 4 Sant Pere, Santa Caterina i la Ribera: 23,009 111 2 Eixample: 7.46 269,349 ... la Verneda i la Pau: 28,798 112.7 Nota *: Montjuïc and ...
The city of Los Angeles is on the verge of redrafting blueprints for its neighborhoods to accommodate more than 250,000 new homes. But under a recommendation from the planning department, nearly ...
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to allow the demolition of a century-old building in the Westlake neighborhood that served as a Jewish landmark and later as the heart of ...