Entrevista a David Harvey sobre el frente marítimo de barcelona

[JesusAbuse]

David Harvey is brilliant. As a resident of Baltimore, I can say that his account of the gentrification of Baltimore is spot-on.

Harvey's not complaining about change, as GloberPro stated, rather he's complaining about the neoliberal values that city after city seems to be adopting. He speaks of homogeneity and by this he means that you can travel all over the world and find the SAME big chain stores everywhere. City developers are appealing to businesses and tourists, not residents.

[JesusAbuse]

@JesusAbuse Cities are supposed to have unique identities, but this new faux-urbanism that is rampant is making every place look the same. It's also killing small business, innovation, diversity, opportunity, creativity, sense of community, and much more. A city can change- in fact, Harvey insists it MUST- but we must do away with the pervasive catering to the tourist as we develop our cities.

[GloberPro]

David relaciona Baltimore con Barcelona. Sus comentarios son muy interesantes, aunque en mi opinión está contando la historia de España, la de Europa, la de America... la del mundo: Marbella era un puerto de pescadores, lugar ideal para vivir. Madrid era un pueblo grande, en New York había cabinas de teléfono por la calle, y había "puerto" en Manhattan. El Grao de Valencia, la Ria de Bilbao, los Docklands en Londres... todo cambia, y pretender que Barcelona no lo haga es poco realista.