Barcelona-Chicago-Nova York

Publication language: Catalan and English
Year: 2013
Pages: 206
Cover: Hardcover
Format: 21,5 x 25,5 cm
ISBN City Council: 978-84-9850-455-2
Publishing distributor: Xarxa de Llibres

Author/s: Isabel Segura i Soriano
Collection: Barcelona Architecture and Urban Planning

The Universal Exposition of 1888 sets the scene for Barcelona-Chicago-New York, where Barcelona is presented to the world as a modern and advanced city, and where it is made clear that its transformations towards progress do not stop here. Chicago and New York are no exception, but rather, like Barcelona, these cities were also undergoing full urban transformation. The book demonstrates the parallels between these three urbs, which had mirrored one another for over a century, and helps us to understand the historical context that led them to become what they are today.

Urban Planning

City

Architecture

Public Space

Isabel Segura i Soriano

Isabel Segura i Soriano (Barcelona, 1954) is a historian, researcher and exhibition curator who specialises in the history of photography and feminism in Barcelona. Her books related to photography include La modernitat a la Barcelona dels cinquanta: Arquitectura industrial (2010), Barcelona en construcció: 1940-1970 (2017), Carme Garcia: Des del terrat (2018) and Barcelona: Fotògrafes/Fotógrafas (2020).