Sunday, April 26, 2009

Things I Like - Odds & Ends



A trip back in time - be sure to have your sound on, the music is very pretty.

I can’t believe the way people and cars cross the tracks right in front of the train. And by the way all the people look up at the train, this must be the first time they’ve ever seen a movie camera.

Someone posted a comment describing the streets viewed in the movie as they looked 100 years later:
  • Paseo de Gràcia: Service lanes moved to the middle and walking boulevards to the sides. The most expensive street in town, hosts the shops of big fashion franchises.
  • Salmerón (currently Gran de Gràcia): Commercial street with small shops for the middle class.
  • Lesseps: A motorway interchange for decades, overpasses are finally demolished for a civic square.
  • Av. Rep. Argentina: Still very motorized, for Barcelona standards.
  • Craywinckel: Houses are now high blocks.

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