Gran Via Architecture BW
by Joan Carroll
Title
Gran Via Architecture BW
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Gran Via, the "Great Way" of Madrid, is noted for the grand architecture of many of the buildings. It is considered a showcase of early 20th-century architecture, with patterns ranging from Vienna Secession style, Plateresque, Neo-Mudejar, Art Deco and others. In the mid-nineteenth century, Madrid's urban planners decided that a new thoroughfare had to be created, connecting the Calle de Alcala with the Plaza de Espana. The project required many buildings in the center of the city to be demolished. Decades after the first plans were made, construction still hadn't started and the media ridiculed the project, cynically calling it the 'Gran Via'. Finally in 1904 it was approved and construction started a couple of years later. The last part of the street was completed in 1929.
FEATURED PHOTO, Historical Buildings of the World-100 group, 1/6/16
FEATURED PHOTO, Black And White Photography group, 1/5/16
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January 5th, 2016
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