old photos of Barcelona
February 8th, 2011

Remarkable photo by Frederic Ballell of El El Paral.lel in July 1913, when the avenue was the centre of Barcelona’s nightlife. Music halls, cafés, prostitution, cabaret artists, bon viveurs and a hotbed of anarchism. Many more old photos here
History of Barcelona, Photography of Barcelona, Poble Sec | Tags: Frederic Ballell, Frederic Ballell photographs, Historia de El Paral.lel, History of El Paral.lel, old photos of Barcelona|
March 9th, 2010

The Barcelona Photographic Archive has just released a hundred or so photos taken between 1907 and 1908. They were taken by Frederic Ballell, one of the pioneers of Catalan photojournalism, who delighted in documenting the daily life of the city. Above a goat herder passes by Palau Moja, below a puppy seller. From La Rambla, hace un siglo

See also History of Les Rambles
Animals in Barcelona, El Raval, History of Barcelona, Las Ramblas, Photography exhibitions in Barcelona | Tags: Barcelona in 1907, Barcelona Photographic Archive, Catalan photojournalism, Frederic Ballell, Frederic Ballell photographs, old images of Barcelona, old photos of Barcelona, Old photos of Les Rambles, Palau Moja|
April 15th, 2009

This remarkable image is of the shanty town of El Carmel in the 1960s on what was then the outskirts of Barcelona. A number of these shacks have survived and been renovated into sturdier houses, sandwiched between high-rise blocks. Most of the El Carmel was developed in the 1960s and 1970s when immigrant workers flocked to the city and were forced to build housing for themselves. The area is today probably the most urbanistaically chaotic neighbourhood in the city.
El Carmel, History of Barcelona, Urbanism | Tags: Barcelona in the 1960s, barracas Carmel, informal constructions, Monte Carmel, old images of Barcelona, old photos of Barcelona, slums in Barcelona|