Gaudi's Garden Party

Central stairway from Park Guell's entry up to the Market Hall and its plaza above

Commissioned as a 60-unit subdivision in the English Garden City style (radical even for Gaudi), the project failed due to its relative distance from the city center. The project tour de force is the market hall with its plaza above surrounded by the serpentine bench, approached by tile-lined staircase. The park above served us well as a shady spot for a group picnic.