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Introduction

In: Architectural Tourism

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  • Jan Specht

    (Adam-Ries-Fachhochschule)

Abstract

Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim was just about to open its doors, when in 1997 the New York Times called it “The Miracle in Bilbao“ (see Illustration 1). The author of the article, American architecture critic Herbert Muschamp (1997), stated that Bilbao “has lately become a pilgrimage town… If you want to look into the heart of american [sic] art today, you are going to need a passport… and find your way to Bilbao, a small, rusty city in the northeast corner of Spain” (para. 2). Indeed, once the second most industrialized place of Spain, the Basque city of Bilbao had been in economic decline since the mid-1970s (Gomez, 1998, p. 108). Losing its former means of existence, while – unlike many other regions of the Hispanic peninsular – still being uncharted territory for tourists, Bilbao sought a new identity, a future prospect.

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  • Jan Specht, 2014. "Introduction," Springer Books, in: Architectural Tourism, edition 127, chapter 1, pages 1-6, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-658-06024-4_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-06024-4_1
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