Superilla de Sant Antoni
Superblock / neighborhood street grid in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Part of Barcelona.
At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| How ‘Superblocks’ Can Create People-Centered Cities | Kaja Šeruga | setting | The piece opens on a Thursday evening in late October at a small intersection here, full of parents, babies, teenagers with skates, children in Halloween costumes and a girl learning to ride a bike. |
How ‘Superblocks’ Can Create People-Centered Cities — Kaja Šeruga (2025)
Source: How ‘Superblocks’ Can Create People-Centered Cities · Original · Readwise highlight
one of five “superblocks” in Barcelona: areas where traffic has been rerouted to prioritize people, community and active mobility.
- Role: setting
- In the article: The piece opens on a Thursday evening in late October at a small intersection here, full of parents, babies, teenagers with skates, children in Halloween costumes and a girl learning to ride a bike. Later Ana Pérez Mendoza recalls living in Sant Antoni when it became a superblock in 2018, with residents split between enthusiasm and fear about traffic.
- Why it matters: It is the concrete, lived example that frames the whole argument about people-centered streets; without it the article would be abstract policy.