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By Launching 13,500 Housing Units per 40,000 Inhabitants in a Village in Toledo, the Spaniards Literally Built a Manhattan that No One Came to Live In.
In Seseña, near Madrid, Francisco Hernando has launched the construction of 13,500 housing units to accommodate 40,000 inhabitants. But the break-up of the real estate bubble in 2008 has frozen the construction site, leaving a deserted area where 80% of the housing remains empty. Twenty years later, this "Mancha Manhattan" has a second life, but for reasons quite different from the original project. More
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In Seseña, near Madrid, Francisco Hernando has launched the construction of 13,500 housing units to accommodate 40,000 inhabitants. But the break-up of the real estate bubble in 2008 has frozen the construction site, leaving a deserted area where 80% of the housing remains empty. Twenty years later, this "Mancha Manhattan" has a second life, but for reasons quite different from the original project. More