Irina Swain Omeka MetsExport Plugin The software used to generate this document is called Omeka MetsExport, which operates as a plugin for Omeka. Documentation can be found at http://github/MetsExport/ Parc de Diagonal Mar Parc de Diagonal Mar The Parc de Diagonal Mar is located in Barcelona, Spain. Ashley Weingartz, Benjamin Fraser Camille Kresz 02/06/2017 English, Spanish Document, Still Image, Sound Parc de Diagonal Mar When countries begin to consider hosting large athletic events such as the Olympics, much discussion begins on the features of the given cities being considered to host and what features need to be improved. Leading up to the 1992 Olympics, city officials in Barcelona decided that a large part of their preparation would be centered around adding more green space to the city. Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the parks and gardens that were dreamed up in preparation for the 1992 Olympics have become a central part of the Barcelonan way of life. One of the most notable additions of parks to Barcelona since the twenty-first century began has been the Parc de Diagonal Mar. “The city […] has set its sights on the next major urban spectacle to follow in the tradition of the 1888 and 1929 World’s Fairs and the Olympics: a 2004 World Forum for World Cultures to be located in the eastern reaches of the city towards the Besós river” (McNeill 2002: 248). This is the central part of the new extension of the city. Its location is significant in that it is newly developed in an area that was first declared an important park district by the planner Ildefons Cerdà. Now it connects the Mediterranean Sea into an enormous “green lung” that is meant to be “substantial and sustainable” (Kent 2002: 238-39). Today, it seems that the focus on gardens is finally coming to an organized fruition in Barcelona. The people of Barcelona are invested in the parks and the parks conform to the structure of the city. Though parks in Barcelona have gone through many trials and errors, they are finally becoming the center of urban life the way so many have envisioned. “These revitalization projects create the possibility of bringing such obsolete urban spaces back into the city’s consciousness and geographical boundaries, encouraging a rediscovery of the city’s topography” (Sánchez 2016: 301). Had Barcelona not hosted the 1992 Olympics, many of these improvements that greatly enriched the quality of life for the citizens of Barcelona may not have been made (Kent 2002: 230).  Item changed by user 26 at 2017-02-06 18:12:32.Created manually by user