I saw an article in the adn (a free newspaper in Madrid) that La Gran Manzana en el Reina Sofia. "La exposcion, parte de PHotoespana 2010, muestra la transformacion de Nueva York.

For additional information www.adn.es

The exposition consists of 400 photograhs of New York from 1970 to 2010.

It has been said that Madrid and New York are sister cities.

I went to the Museo Reina Sofia to see the exhibition of Mixed Use, Manhattan, refers to land-use zoing - specifically, to neighborhoods or individual buildings in which a combination of commerical and residential functions is permitted. In the early 1970s, rezoning of parts of Lower Manhattan legalized a de facto situation in which artisits had long appropriated loft spaces in partially de-industrialized areas as both studio and living quarters. This had generated a nascent art community which soon spawned facilities to meet the expanding needs of its inhabitants, from local restaurants to artist-run galleries and performance spaces. The efflorescence of the downtown art scene in the 1970s transformed Lower Manhattan from an area of abandoned and derelict buildings, razed blocks, and a wasted waterfront into an increasingly vital terrain for vanguard activity. By mid-decade, SoHo, the area's epicentre, had bocome not only a mecca for artists and art galleries but a rapidly gentrifying neighborhood.

The above information was taken from the program. I wouldn't recommend the exhibit unless you have an appreciation for photography.