Service Galleries Ordinance
Introduction
The commercial galleries of Concepción "Concepción (Chile)") are covered public roads that house the commerce of the Chilean city of Concepción "Concepción (Chile)") for pedestrian traffic in its urban center.[1] This network of galleries forms an emblematic urban asset of the city.[2].
According to the ordinance of the Concepción Regulatory Plan of the year 2000, the galleries are understood as:[3].
Therefore, these are public spaces located on private property.[3].
The galleries are located within the quadrant made up of Maipú, Angol, San Martín and Tucapel streets, being concentrated mainly on Freire, O'Higgins, Rengo and Castellón streets, increasing their width according to a network of narrow streets, pedestrian passages and canopies connected to each other.[3] Currently, the network of 44 existing commercial galleries exceeds four kilometers in length,[3] covering 18,972 m² of approximate surface area, distributed in 18 blocks of the center of Concepción. In total they include more than a thousand stores and more than ten thousand daily visitors.[3].
Use
Contenido
Las galerías comerciales penquistas se configuran como ampliación de las veredas de las calles interiores de las manzanas, lo que permite aumentar el espacio útil para la circulación en las cuadras "Cuadra (urbanismo)") evitando el tráfico vehicular y promoviendo al mismo tiempo la densificación del centro. Funcionan también como una alternativa a la circulación ya que permite un trayecto más corto en cuadras centrales sirviendo también como punto de reunión para los visitantes.[4].
Además cumplen con una función de protección peatonal para las intensas lluvias y vientos que caen sobre la ciudad, así como para potenciar su actividad comercial. Todo lo anterior hace que aumente el valor del terreno.[3].
Commercial item
Since their inception, the galleries have had premises in various commercial areas. However, historically they have had a mainly textile orientation, intended for the sale of clothing. Later, cafes, restaurants and cinemas were developed. Among the latter we can mention the Cine Windsor and the Cine Romano in their homonymous galleries, the Cine Cervantes in the Irazabal gallery, the Cine Regina in the Carlos Akel gallery, the Cine Lido (current Teatro Sala Dos) in the Iconsa gallery or the Cine Plaza (previously called Cine Alcázar)[4] in the Ramos gallery, which at the end of the century began to disappear.[3].