Madrid urban crisis3.Beyond the center.
Image documentary series revealing the multidimensional crisis of Madrid’s historic center (October 2025). A direct, unfiltered look —without activism or sentimentality— at social abandonment, mass touristification, loss of commercial identity, real-estate speculation, and neighborhood displacement. Key Data: • 17,360 tourist establishments, 92.7 % operating illegally • Plan Reside: 73 % of buildings convertible to tourist use • 2,384 homeless people, shelters at full capacity • Caritas: +55.7 % increase in housing exclusion “They don’t care where people can live or what prices apartments are reaching.” — Mercedes Arnalte, 67, last resident of her building on Preciados Street. These images document a fast-moving transformation, often unnoticed by those living within it. The battle is not lost, but time is running out. A city to live in, not to speculate with. Madrid, October 2025