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PROVIDENCIA SANTIAGO CENTRO
It was developed according to a simple plan using the Cartesian grid as all other HispanoAmerican cities. Streets are orientated N-S and E-W being 10m wide and urban blocks are 115m (Dirección de Obras Municipales de Santiago y Atelier Parisien d’urbanisme, 2000). As opposed to the medieval nucleus from European cities, in the new world city centres were planned having an empty place, a plaza around which the most important institutions are located. This plaza is always called Plaza Mayor or Plaza de Armas.
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In Santiago the orthogonal planning of the historic centre was extended towards the west in the 19th century with the same geometry as in the initial areas, creating Barrio Poniente which now contains Barrio Yungay formed in 1839 and Barrio Brasil.
In the beginning of 20th century a large migration from field to city was recorded, resulting in growth of population. Between 1940s and 1990s there has been a decentralization phenomenon (Dirección de Obras Municipales de Santiago y Atelier Parisien d’urbanisme, 2000), resulting in the migration of the population from the city centre towards the eastern side of the city and the formation of new centres in Providencia and Nunoa. The centre therefore remained with a concentrated number of buildings from public and financial sectors. In an attempt to bring people back to the city centre, the government raised the restriction on building heights and alteration of existing buildings, this leading to the loss of identity and the construction of a new business district around Cerro Santa Lucia.
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