Prosperidad (Madrid)
| Prosperidad | |
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| Ward of Madrid | |
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| Country |
 Spain
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| Aut. community |
 Madrid
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| Municipality |
 Madrid
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| District | Chamartín |
Prosperidad is a neighborhood of Madrid belonging to the district of Chamartin, located in the northeast of the city, adjacent to the district of Salamanca . Its boundaries are: to the west the street Principe de Vergara , south: the Calle Maria de Molina and Avenida de America , east: the M-30 and north: the street Lopez de Hoyos (one of the longest streets city noted for its great commercial activity.) Padre Claret street and avenue Ramon y Cajal. 1
In 1862, date of its origin, the neighborhood of Prosperity was composed of a set of land irrigated unproductive, crossed by numerous trails and dotted with tile factories, farm houses and some ventorros . 2 since it emerged in the periphery of Madrid , the neighborhood has grown in size and population steadily. In 1898 he joined the district of Buenavista and since 1955 is part of the district of Chamartin .
In the second half of the nineteenth century Madrid was a city too large to enter the restricted perimeter, consisting of the old wall that Philip IV Mandara build in 1625. For this reason, the 19 July 1860 approving the Draft widening of Madrid to increase the urban area of the capital, toppling the old fence. The new perimeter was delimited by a trench or pit that would lead to the "Rounds" and that today practically coincides with the Avenue of Queen Victoria, and the streets Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, Joaquín Costa, Francisco Silvela and Doctor Esquerdo .
Across the Eixample and "Rounds" was a distant periphery of the city composed of the nearby villages and small towns that would be the seeds of future neighborhoods. These suburbs, grown spontaneously, without any planning irregular manner three were populated by the incessant immigration into the Peninsula who came to Madrid in search of work and a better future.
It can be stated, that prosperity was born on December 14 of 1862 , 3 day were recorded in a notary 's office in Madrid the first two plots arranged for housing construction in the name of Pedro Prado and Gregorio Mayorga, bricklayer and carpenter respectively. The seller, Prospero Soynard, was an "owner" by profession, 4 rentier and investor, who had acquired five acres of agricultural land (about 1.75 ha) south of the road of Hortaleza and was dividing their property into small plots to sell. Since 1862, successive subdivision and sale of the surrounding land by the owners was giving the fledgling village of a large number of houses.
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