Barcelona

"Meanwhile*, in Barcelona, the regional implications of urban regularization were being developed by the Spanish engineer Ildefonso Cerdá, the inventor of the term urbanización. In 1859 Cerdá projected the expansion of Barcelona as a gridded city, some twenty-two blocks deep, bordered by the sea and intersected by two diagonal avenues. Driven by industry and overseas trade, Barcelona filled out this American-scale grid plan by the end of the century. "

Kenneth Frampton, "Modern Architecture. A Critical History."

*jutt käib ajast, mil Haussmann Pariisi keskaegsed tänavad vägivaldselt bulvarite ja avenüüdega asendas.