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�DEAR AMBASSADORS, CONSUL GENERAL, FRIENDS,
THIS SUMMER,
IN AN INCREDIBLY COLD EVENING
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BARCELONA, I FIAD THE HONOUR TO DELIVER THE AMIC DE
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AMERICAN PERSONALITIES RELATED TO THE WORLD OF ART.
SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT. OTHERS COULD NOT ATTEND,
AND TONIGHT WE ARE PAYING THEM, EVEN IF IN A SYMBOLIC
WAY, BARCELONA'S DEBT.
TO EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR WORK HAS SIGNIFIED FOR OUR CITY,
I MUST GO BACK TO THE MOMENT WHEN, AFTER THE FIRST
DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS IN 1979, THE CITY OF BARCELONA
BEGON THE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE CITY. AFTER YEARS OF
NEGLECT, A WHOLE GENERATION --THE GENERATION THAT
OPPOSED DICTATORSHIP-- ARRIVED AT THE CITY'S
GOVERNMENT, AND SET 3atrESELVES TO WORK.
AT THAT MOMENT, THE EARLY 1980S, WE TOOK A VERY IMPOR,,c) ,,k1s-r
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METROPOLITAN MASTER PLAN, BUT TO ACT IMMEDIATELY IN
SOLVING OUR FELLOW CITIZEN'S MORE URGENT NEEDS.
THE RESULT WAS WHAT MY PREDECESSOR, MAYOR NARCíS SERRA,
USED TO DESCRIBE AS A "DARNING URBANISM". IT WAS
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�PLANNING ON A SMALL SCALE, WHICH EMPHASIZED THE DESIGN
QUALITY OF REPAIRS TO A DAMAGED URBAN TISSUE. WE GAVE
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PRIORITY TO TWO URBAN SECTORS THE FIRST WAS TO WORK ON
----__-PUBLIC SPACES (STREETS, SQUARES AND GARDENS) BECAUSE
THEY ARE THE BACKBONE OF LOCAL LIFE. SECONDLY, WE PUT
QUALITY INTO THE CITY'S SUBURBS --LACKING, GENERALLY,
THE MOST ESSENTIAL PUBLIC SERVICES -- TO CONVERT THEM
INTO CENTERS IN THEIR OWN RIGHT.
I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THIS STRATEGY
WAS RECOGNISED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY, WHICH GAVE THE
CITY ITS AWARD IN URBAN DESIGN IN 1990. IN ALL OF THESE
URBAN REFORMS, THERE WAS ALWAYS A CONCERN FOR THE
QUALITY OF DESIGN, NOT ONLY FOR THE SAKE OF AESTHETICS,
BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT IN THIS WAY WE
POSITIVELY CONTRIBUTE TO THE MAKING OF CITY.
IT IS FOR THIS REASON THAT I AM SO ESPECIALLY HAPPY
THAT A GROUP OF AMERICAN ARTISTS, GATHERED AROUND A
SMART GALLERIST, JOE HELMAN, ACCEPTED OUR INVITATION TO
WORK HERE.
THE WORK OF RICHARD SERRA, AT THE PLAÇA DE LA PALMERA,
PROVED ESPECIALLY SIGNIFICANT OF THIS NEW URBANISM. IT
IS NOT USELESS TO REMIND THAT ANOTHER SERRA'S WORK IN
NEW YORK CITY,
WHICH SHARED WITH THIS
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�—— CHARACTERISTICS, MET A STRCJNG OPPOSITION AND HAD Tb-BE
DISMANTLED. IN BARCELONA, THANKS TO THE DIALOGUE WITH
NEIGHBOURS,
WE GOT A FINAL ACCEPTATION AND EVEN
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APPLAUSE FOR HIS "WALL".
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ELLSWORTH KELLY'S FINE SCULPTURES IN THE CREUETA DEL
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ARE ANOTHER RELEVANT EXEMPLE OF
THIS CONCERN FOR DESIGN IN SECTIONS OF THE CITY WHICH
USED TO BE LEFT APART FROM THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATORS'
CARE. THEIR ELEGANCE AND PURITY HAVE DESERVED THE
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PUBLIC ACCLAIM.
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BARCELONA'S PRESENTATION OF THE FRIEND OF BARCELONA
AWARDS TOOK PLACE AT JOSEPILLUíS SERT'S RECONSTRUCTED
PAVILION, JUST IN FRONT CLAES zLDENBURG AND HIS WIFE
COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN'S "MATCHES". THIS SCULPTURE IS,
PROBABLY, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OF THOSE INSTALLED IN
BARCELONA IN THE PAST FEW
YEARS. THE NEIGHBOURHOOD
CHILDREN "USE" IT, AND ART CRITICS LOVE IT. YOU MUST
ADMIT THAT IT IS NOT AN EASY COMBINATION.
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BUT EVEN THOUGH THE OLYMPICS PUT BARCELONA IN THE MAP,
WE NEEDED SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN ITS TWO THOUSAND YEARS OF
HISTORY. THE FRIENDLY, PASSIONATE CRITIC WHO IS BOB
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IN THE ATTRACTIVE, BRILLIANT AND EXCITING WAY IN WHICH
HE DESCRIBES OUR CITY IN HIS BOOK "BARCELONA".
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�WE GAVE A GREAT IMPORTANCE TO OUR COLLABORATION WITH
NEW YORK CULTURAL LIFE. THIS INCLUDES THE VERY SPECIAL
RELATIONSHIP THAT THE CITY Op BARCELONA HAS MAINTAINED,
DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS, WITH THE MUSEUM OF MODERN
ART, THROUGH ITS PRESIDENT, AGNES GUND, AND ITS DIRECTOR, RICHARD OLDENBURG.
THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, BARCELpNA IS A BETTER, RICHER AND
NICER CITY. DURING THIS YEAR WIiICH IS NEAR TO ITS END,
WE ARE CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL OF A GREAT CATALAN
ARTIST: JOAN MIRÓ. A HUNDRED YEARS AFTER HIS BIRTH,
WITH A RENEWED CITY, WE HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO
BECOME AGAIN A CITY KNOWN Bf HIS CULTURAL LIFE AND HIS
DESIGN QUALITY.
MAY I THANK -AND CONGRATULATE- YOU AGAIN, ALL OF YOU,
FOR THIS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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Title
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09.01. Activitat de representació (com a Alcalde)
Date
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1982-1997
Description
An account of the resource
Aquesta sèrie agrupa els documents sorgits de la funció representativa de l'exercici del càrrec d'Alcalde de Barcelona.
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Identifier
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4272
Title
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Proposta de paraules lliurament Premi Amics de Barcelona
Type
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Discurs
Creator
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Maragall, Pasqual, 1941-
Format
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Textual
Spatial Coverage
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Washington
Language
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Anglès
Subject
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Premis i reconeixements
Urbanisme
Kelly, Ellsworth, 1929-2015
Hughes, Robert, 1938-2012
Bruggen, Coosje van, 1942-2009
Serra, Richard, 1939-
Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-
Art
Barcelona
Model social
Cultura
Description
An account of the resource
Conté notes manuscrites de PM.
Date
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1993-12-08
Provenance
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Aquest document forma part del fons municipal de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona (productor de la documentació) i és còpia digital de l’original custodiat a l’Arxiu Municipal Contemporani de Barcelona.
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Document
Discursos i conferències