Guerrilla gardening in Barcelona
May 22nd, 2011Remarkable guerrilla gardening of the old crap Parcs i Jardins flowerbeds in Plaça Catalunya during the 15-M acampada.
Street life in Barcelona
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Barelona street art
June 14th, 2010
This Flick group is a brilliant collection of street art in Barcelona. The above near the Forum is by la ira món mort
Graffiti protesting has become a symbol of resistance as a rising tide of visitors engulfs the local population
He, or she, is a Catalan cross between Banksy and an anti-tourism league. At night the mystery graffiti protester roams the streets of Barcelona’s old quarter leaving behind markings on the streets that divide them into separate lanes for the tourists and the “normal” Barcelonans.
Every day the city hall sends out workmen to paint over the markings, afraid that someone is trying to push away the tourists who bring in welcome wealth but increasingly make native Barcelonans feel jostled off their own streets.
Old men playing petanca
June 12th, 2010![Playing Petanca, Passeig de Lluis Companys, Barcelona [enlarge]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1271/4688476979_bcbd5b56ab_o.jpg)
Here’s another photo from Barcelona Photoblog by Carlos Lorenzo. A group of pensioners standing around playing what in Spain is called petanca, “an image in Barcelona’s squares as familiar to us as that of pigeons”. It can be played between two people or in groups. The winner is the first to 13 points. The game originates from southern France.
