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  1. The parents want (1) the garden to be open even when their are no volunteers to keep an eye on things and (2) fewer plants and more room for kids to run around in, including a play structure. The volunteers who currently manage the space (as part of an agreement with the city, mind you) argue that (a) this random group can't just come in and dictate how the space they have been taking care of should be used and (b) this is a unique space with a unique focus on biodiversity and calm greenery and more playgrounds shouldn't come at the expense of already existing public space.

    This is their petition to try to slow the roll of the participative budget process and not lose the garden: chng.it/Z5MbyLSTpx

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    #viladegracia

  2. Barcelona has a participative budget program, which is great and results in some nice projects. Except, it also tends to reward the types of people and groups who are good at navigating the proposal and online voting process. Often that means parents who want more playgrounds. I'm always in favor of more public space, and playgrounds are an important type of public space, just not the only type of public space we need. And in this case a group of parents are pushing through a proposal to turn the Jardí del Silenci into a playground.

    There's one glaring omission in their proposal: they never coordinated with, or even spoke to, the folks currently managing the space—you know the volunteers who have been nurturing the plants, shaping the space, and who fought to keep it from being turned into a parking lot to begin with!

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    #viladegracia

  3. Want to hear a local (to me) story about public space, urban planning, and neighborhood activism? A story that starts with a convent and ends with a link to an online petition to try to make things right? Of course you do! So…

    Once upon a time there was a convent. However, with the nuns only getting older and fewer folks interested in taking up the calling it was closed down. The church, in their infinite wisdom, sold the building and small garden to a real estate development agency, who planned to build a parking lot. Neighbors stepped in, joined up, and pressured the city into buying the land. Since 2012 it's been run, entirely on a volunteer basis by a neighborhood non-profit as «El Jardí del Silenci», The Garden of Silence. It's quite lovely. And now, it's being threatened … but not by whom you might think.

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    #viladegracia

  4. The sudden proliferation of paint and sip places in the neighborhood feels like cruel mockery of all the artists and artisans who work here. It's almost a form of cultural appropriation. At the very least it's gentrification via pale simulacra. Also, Wine Gogh is a shit pun and Frida's Place is just insulting.

    #VilaDeGràcia

  5. @blauertee @FediTips Postal codes vary in size. In the Netherlands they designate about 8 houses. You can use less of it (12 vs. 1234 vs. 1235 AB) to designate a larger area but it's not inherently obvious what size to use. —- that said I don't think a general standard is necessary. Every neighborhood can come up with its own hashtag. I have used #viladegràcia before when talking about local interest and (to the extent anyone around here is using mastodon) I think that's been fine.

  6. In response to the @domtoren_klok I'm tempted to set up a Campanar de Gràcia bot. I would have to think carefully about how to represent the two bell sounds it uses.

    ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campanar

    #viladegràcia

  7. There are roving bands of drumlines marching/dancing/drumming their way through the neighborhood tonight. I have no idea why. I recognized one of them as the drummers of the els petits malsons de la vella diables. I think at least some of the others are visiting from other neighborhoods. I keep encountering them at random intersectioms as I walk home and I can hear more in the distance.

    #viladegracia

  8. In today’s episode of I live in a very neighborhood-y neighborhood: While getting coffee at the queer coffee shop the guy who runs the other coffee shop I often go to calls to ask the owner a question. He answers “I can't hear you; I'm busy making coffee for one of your customers,” because of course we all know each other. (For context, these places are ~300 m apart because this place is compact and walkable AF.)

    #VilaDeGracia

  9. Xerrada i presentació de cómics d'en Carlos Azagra sobre Durruti i Labordeta a l'Ateneu #Rosadefoc a la #ViladeGràcia

    📍 Ateneu Rosa de Foc

    #29SET23   #BARCELONA

  10. #Mobilització #veïnal al #barri de la Vila de Gràcia.

    Cal que sumem totes les mans possibles i treballem colze a colze per revertir les conseqüències de la massificació turística i la gentrificació que, progressivament, ens expulsen de casa nostra.

    📢 Us convoquem a la Primera Trobada Oberta, que serà el pròxim *dimecres 27 de setembre a les 19 h* a l'EJ LaFontana. Veïnat, associacions, col·lectius, veniu a dir-hi la vostra!

    Gràcia per les veïnes.

    #viladegràcia #Barcelona
    #touristgohome

  11. Tots els beneficis es destinaran a la lluita anticarcerària

    📍 Ca La Trava

    #18AGO23   #BARCELONA #fma #festamajor #viladegràcia

  12. Xerrada sobre la situació de les dones al Centre d'internament d'Immigrants

    📍 kiosk de La Polilla a la Plaça Revolució

    #30JUL23   #BARCELONA #viladegràcia

  13. DIMECRES 28 de JUNY
    ⏰ 19:00h

    Presentació del llibre amb el seu autor Manel Aisa

    #viladegràcia

  14. 🎶Posem en marxa un Cor popular!
    Un espai de trobada per a tota mena de veus i gustos musicals! Cada dilluns de 19 h a 21 h a La Barraqueta.

    Van començar el dilluns, 6 de febrer, inscriu-te aquí! ⬇
    labarraqueta.playoffinformatica.com/PanellActivita…

    #ViladeGràcia #culturapopular #cantcoral #música

  15. [DOCUMENTAL]
    Arriba a La Barraqueta el documental “21 motius per caminar” d'Àlex Suárez i Pedro Valero, filmat durant la travessa del GR11 combinant la passió per la muntanya i la denúncia social.
    El proper 17-F A les 19h, a l'Ateneu
    #Gr11
    #Pirineus
    #ViladeGracia

  16. Noves sessions del club de lectura a l'Ateneu:

    Div. 24 de febrer a les 18h: Dona, classe i raça, d'Angela Davis i editat per @TigrePaper

    Div. 24 de març a les 18h: El test, de @neuvel i editat per @MaiMesLlibres

    labarraqueta.cat/activitats/ins…

    #ViladeGràcia
    #MésllibresMéslliures