A march about ADIF’s land Several hundred residents and members of other neighbourhood associations marched today to call for an end to the railway designation of ADIF’s abandoned land beside Casa Mediterráneo and Parque del Mar. We are sure Minister Óscar Puente, who has shown great empathy for the concerns of southern Alicante residents, will…
Residents embrace Parque del Mar A resounding success for the Parque del Mar Neighbourhood Association and the ‘Variante de Torrellano, Ya’ campaign! Thank you to everyone who supported us. Yesterday, hundreds of Alicante residents joined us in a symbolic embrace of Parque del Mar. We formed a human chain nearly 1 km long to call…
Join the rally on 22 May Text of the original rally poster Rally for access to Parque del Mar NOW! Sunday 22 May 2022 at noon, in the landscaped area next to Avenida de Elche, opposite Benalúa school. Alicante, come and embrace Parque del Mar. We will form a human chain along the fence that…
Meeting neighbours and collecting signatures in Parque del Mar This morning members of our committee and some of our members met park users in Parque del Mar to collect signatures and share our demands with the people there. Those we spoke to could not understand why ADIF’s facilities next to Casa Mediterráneo had been abandoned,…
See Casa Mediterráneo’s programme of events for September 2021.
Urban neglect and broken windows The ‘broken windows’ theory traces back to a 1969 experiment by Stanford psychologist Philip Zimbardo. Two similar cars were left in different neighbourhoods. One was in the Bronx, then a deprived area of New York City with serious problems. The other was in Palo Alto, an affluent, quiet part of…
A visit by elected representatives to ADIF’s land This morning members of our committee accompanied MP Joan Baldoví and Alicante councillor Natxo Bellido, both from Compromís, around ADIF’s disused land next to Casa Mediterráneo. They saw first-hand the absurd barrier the disused tracks create for Alicante residents in front of Parque del Mar. In practice…
The area needs a dog park We lack this type of facility in Benalúa, the southern gateway and Ensanche-Diputación. The nearest dog parks are too far away to use regularly. It is odd that the recently adopted by-law on animal ownership, welfare and protection sets out the features and rules for dog exercise areas in…
Visiting the extension works This morning members of the Parque del Mar Neighbourhood Association’s committee visited the site of the future park extension, on land owned by the Port Authority ofAlicante. Port Authority staff showed us the progress on site and the features of the future park. It willhave stretches of water running through it,…
A new park without enough access routes The extension of Parque del Mar on Port of Alicante land, reaching Casa Mediterráneo, will soon be finished. Right now this is Alicante’s real central park. There is still no sign of the one announced decades ago for ADIF land freed up when the tracks to the Estación…
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