The Ciutat Vella is the old part of Barcelona, and it is impressively dense. scale :: Everything is smaller and more compact. Garbage trucks, delivery trucks, stores, restaurants, cars. Buildings that average 5 or 6 stories tall are separated by streets that are sometimes as narrow as 3 meters.
flow :: The narrow streets are top-lit by indirect sunlight. Occasionally a corner building is gone, creating a small plaza, and more light. People are everywhere. Pedestrians, bikes, scooters and cars are in a languid dance, using micro adjustments to avoid collisions without breaking pace. Barcelona has the most scooters of any European city besides Rome. Refuse is removed every single day by specially designed trucks and dumpsters that open from the bottom.
streetscape :: The streets are well organized - it is rare the pedestrian is without a pathway.
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