Llibreria del Born
- Year
- 2013
- Type
- Commercial
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- Baliza Norte
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain
This bookshop is located inside a superb cast iron infrastructure of the 19th century, a local fresh market recently transformed into a cultural centre. The market building was inaugurated in 1876, and was used as a market until 1971. Its commercial activity trascended the building itself and afforded a special personality to the whole neighbourhood. Photographers of those times captured the market activity -piles of crates, fruit sellers, trade...- remaining in the collective memory until the present day.
This bookshop is located inside a superb cast iron infrastructure of the 19th century, a local fresh market recently transformed into a cultural centre. The market building was inaugurated in 1876, and was used as a market until 1971. Its commercial activity trascended the building itself and afforded a special personality to the whole neighbourhood. Photographers of those times captured the market activity -piles of crates, fruit sellers, trade...- remaining in the collective memory until the present day.