Diagonal Mar i Front Marítim del Poblenou is a neighborhood in the Sant Martí district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).
The area between the seafront, Sant Adrià de Besòs and the Besòs river was previously made up of slums and poor areas surrounding the neighbourhoods of La Mina, El Maresme and Poblenou. Under the new name Diagonal Mar, in reference to its proximity to the sea and Avinguda Diagonal, renovation started taking place in the late 1990s. Still ongoing, this has been one of the most ambitions urban regeneration schemes, and also one of the most controversial and a perceived departure from Barcelona's well-established urban model. The real estate company Hines was in charge of most relevant decisions about urbanism in the area. This has been criticised by renowned local architects such as Oriol Bohigas, Juli Capellas or Josep Maria Montaner or urbanism scholar Llàtzer Moix.[1] Most renovation in the area was ready in time for the 2004 Cultural Forum, which took place in the area. It includes Catalunya's largest shopping center Centre Comercial Diagonal Mar,[2] as well as Parc de Diagonal Mar, designed by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue.[3]
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Beaches in Diagonal Mar are family oriented and more quiet then downtown beaches. Proximity to the nudist beaches closer to the city does however bother some visitors. The two beaches located in Diagonal Mar are La Mar Bella and La Nova Mar Bella.
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