The Barcelona Balcony: The Smallest Room in the City
One thing you notice when you spend any time walking around Barcelona is just how many balconies there are, and how small some of them are. A lot are barely wide enough for a chair. Some don’t even seem to manage that. Yet people find a use for them. Washing gets hung out, bikes get […]
The Door That Everyone Lets Slam
Every building has one door people treat badly. Not deliberately. Nobody wakes up in the morning thinking about doors they intend to mistreat. But somehow one particular door ends up absorbing all the impatience of daily life. In our building it’s the heavy wooden door between the stairwell and the corridor on the second floor. […]