Don’t blame Cerdà. Every block was supposed to have a park or square in it. They were never intended to have buildings on all four sides, three at most, mainly two (in parallel or as an L) or even only one. And then history and economics and politics happened.
It’s certainly unique and all, but a little too “samey” for my liking.
One of the least ‘samey’ cities in the world imo. To me it felt like every house was looking different when I was visiting
This part specifically? Or the other parts?
general city vibe, can’t remember this specific part in detail to be fair
All of it, really; mix of old and new buildings, different styles… And the Eixample (the part in the picture) looks much different from the ground.
Too samey and zero trees. I would go crazy without trees and grass!
There are trees on the sidewalks.
Yeah exactly! The designer tried so hard to make it efficient or whatever, but didn’t balance it with nature…
Don’t blame Cerdà. Every block was supposed to have a park or square in it. They were never intended to have buildings on all four sides, three at most, mainly two (in parallel or as an L) or even only one. And then history and economics and politics happened.
Sounds eerily similar to what happened with malls in America then. That sucks!
There are parts of the city that are nowhere near as ‘blocky’ as this
I’ve been there exactly once in my life.
We were going to a place, which we could see in the distance, so we decided to walk there.
Half an hour walking later the place seemed to still be exactly as far away as when we started and our sense of reality was eroding significantly.
Like others have said, not the whole place is like that, but man, it IS kinda weird.