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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Madrid, Madrid, Spainen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1913-1916 (creation); 2003-2009 (restoration)en_US
dc.creatorDube y Díez, Alfonsoen_US
dc.date1913-1916en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-24T15:42:08Z
dc.date.available2013-12-24T15:42:08Z
dc.date.issued1913-1916en_US
dc.identifier243868en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2820en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/152306
dc.descriptionRaking view of entrance facade with new glass and restored Beaux-Arts details; It was declared Bien de Interés Cultural (a cultural monument) in 2000. The iron-and-glass Mercado opened in May 1916, a monument to modernism and new ideas on hygiene, reminiscent of Les Halles in Paris. Eventually all but abandoned, the building fell into disrepair. Restoration began after private investors bought the building in 2003. In a nod to living green, instead of air-conditioning, the air is infused with water droplets; every few minutes shoppers are bathed in a blast of micro-rain. Today there are 33 vendors (including bars and restaurants as well as produce) under the cast iron and wood roof. New granite floors have been added. Source: New York Times [online archive]; http://www.nytimes.com/ref/membercenter/nytarchive.html (accessed 5/6/2013)en_US
dc.format.mediumcast iron; glass; wood; graniteen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectagricultureen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectfooden_US
dc.subjectmarket produceen_US
dc.subjectBeaux-Artsen_US
dc.titleMarket of San Miguelen_US
dc.title.alternativeMercado de San Miguelen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-S-B-MSM-A04en_US
vra.culturalContextSpanishen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemarketplaceen_US
vra.worktypeshopping arcadeen_US
dc.contributor.displayAlfonso Dube y Díez (Spanish architect, active 1910-1917)en_US


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