Borrull is a street of friends, very good avenue. The camaraderie between the merchants is evident and the friendship forged sporadically transforms into collaborations of all kinds that give life and color to a route of privileged coordinates that, in his day, breathed the commercial hustle. This was, they tell us, when the number seven bus that connected Mislata with Ciutat Vella passed by there, before New Center appears on the other side of the river. The aged signs recall businesses from other times such as Queserías Bomba, the famous S Oven. Companion and the Amparo Lace and Embroidery store. some survive, like Llorca Confections, who continue to put up with the type selling fallero costumes since 1985.
In the years 70, Jorge Teixidor and the Crónica Team had their studio on Túria Street and, tells the Secret Guide to Valencia, that the three (weaver, Valdes and Solbes) They had lunch at the Alcublas bar, at the corner of Borrull con Túria, what is today the bar A fer la mà, formerly Caesar's Café. Francisco Xavier eraser He was a Spanish lawyer and politician, deputy for Valencia in the Cortes of Cádiz and defender of the ancient jurisdictions of the Kingdom of Valencia. Today it gives its name to a street that closes a kind of trapezoid with Fernando el Católico, Quart and Guillem de Castro streets. Despite having lost the splendor of other times, the street is evolving and rejuvenating. Recently the city council pedestrianized Dr.. Peset Cervera, which connects Borrull with the Botanical Garden, where they have built the three-star hotel that smells like wicker You&Co. On our walk we visited a warehouse where the Tooth Fairy keeps the teeth of all the children in the world and of the luthiers at work, We know what refrigerators are like to mature meat, we browse in a coworking converted into a cultural space and nerve center, We get flamenco and snoop among objects from the past.
RODA DRESSINGS AND COMBS
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It is not the first time that we come across a fallera dressing store on our curious walks through the streets of València, Nor will it be the last time we talk to those responsible for a carving business that is very family-oriented., transmission of knowledge between parents and children. Néstor and his brother inherited Roda, his father's Valencian crafts business, Fernando Roda Martí, professor in Goldsmithing at the San Carlos de València school. The business was founded in 1950 on the street knights but, from 2009, develops its activity at the beginning of eraser. 2019 It was a very busy year with a lot of visibility because Roda, that is to say, Nestor, was in charge of dress to the Fallera Mayor of Valencia, Marina Civera, with unique and exclusive products to accompany each suit. Combs (shorter than before) gold, laminated fine silver or brass, plated and inlaid with stones; two piece earrings (the four went down in history), chokers, pinchos, BRACELET, hairpins, blanket needle… all handmade in a store that welcomes the visitor with a beautiful chiseling table on which a chisel and hammer rest, prepared to transform a crude metal plate into a trimmed fallera comb.
SOLDECON
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We have more than assimilated the idea of letting the wine mature., but, and the meat? Can it also improve with proper treatment?? In Soldecon they tell us yes. This is a company with Spanish and German capital that distributes refrigerators in Spain. Dry Ager dedicated to keeping meat in optimal conditions while preserving all its properties: texture, aroma, flavor, color… In Soldecon You can see the two sizes of refrigerators that are on the market focused mainly on being in the living room., in restaurants and butcher shops, but also for individuals. The refrigerator, not only does it keep the meat from rotting, but it makes it mature, It breaks the fibers and makes it more tender, tastier. It lasts up to a year in there!! And not only meat, also works for cheese, sausages and other types of food. The secret is a self-regulating system consisting of a carbon filter underneath, ultraviolet light that kills bacteria and a continuous air circuit that, acting in unison, They ensure that the meat maintains its properties from the cut to your mouth.
WILD
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Wild has nothing wild, rather it has to do with everyday work, with perseverance and effort. In fact, is the acronym for “Work I Love Doing”. Scabies with taste does not itch. The project began five years ago as a space for coworking for use with exhibition hall, but the synergies that Josep and Begoña have been establishing with other agents in the neighborhood have expanded the horizons and today it is a kind of social club that hosts all kinds of events., some in collaboration with Sergi and Raúl from the Lutheria workshop. Every fortnight, free concerts are organized in Wild, for about twenty people, cello, piano, violin, harp or tenor and the venue has a soundproof room for rehearsals and piano lessons. After the large room that faces the outside we reach a small interior terrace and the heart of Wild, the work room for twelve people (maximum), with their tables, their lockers, its kitchen and access to a meeting room on high, with beautiful wooden beams, that crowns the space. Within these walls the Wikipaella project was born and the first beerworking of the Valencian Startup Association, and today you can find workshops for children building ukuleles or restoring violins, cooking courses and open yoga classes for the neighborhood. and attentive, because Wild opened a second one in January coworking called Wild Families in the Ayora area with an integrated nursery school for boys and girls up to six years old. The first of its kind in Valencia!!
OLD TOOTH WAREHOUSE
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This is a magical place, for children and those not so much. Amazing things happen in the Old Tooth Warehouse. It couldn't be any other way, because here, to the calle eraser, the teeth of all the children in the world arrive through extra-long pipes, one for each continent. Actually, there are four tubes, because the teeth of European children arrive thanks to a train track that flies over the warehouse. Once collected, teeth go through different machines; the first, he Separation, separates teeth that are in good condition from those pitted with cavities. Be careful with the sugar! Then the dirty ones are cleaned., but the blacks, those who have no remedy, are used to make roads. Nothing is wasted at the Tooth Warehouse!! Besides, mice move on bikes, tuc-tucs and electric cars, You will see them parked in the beautiful house where everyone lives together in harmony and ecology.. Do you want to know what further happens with the teeth? The only way is to go discover the wonderful world of this old warehouse that, commissioned by Don Pérez, collects and preserves the teeth of boys and girls from all over the world.
LUTHERRY WORKSHOP
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Sergi is a violinist and luthier. Raúl is a flutist and takes care of everything else. The two together set up this Workshop more than ten years ago. Lutheria specialized in repairing and restoring violins and instruments of the bowed string family. They sell pieces at prices that range between 100 and the 15.000 € and practice the intelligent tactic of repurchase, this is: if the customer buys a higher-end instrument, They buy the customer the old instrument. It seems that they are the ones who do the most neighborhood on the street eraser, They are restless and do not like to stand still.. They organize in Wild, he coworking opposite, masterclass, meetings and week-long courses where they teach, For example, to restore old instruments or to varnish them. behind the store, cared for and welcoming, through a window, You can gossip about what's going on in the Sergi workshop. It is easy to find it by changing the mane of a bow.
CARRATALÁ
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The first thing we learn when entering Carratalá is the difference between flamenco fashion and Spanish dance dresses. Flamenco fashion is more designed to be worn at social events., you also dance with her, but it is more beautiful than practical. Spanish and flamenco dance costumes, on the other hand,, They are made for dancing, They use lighter patterns and fabrics and have to take into account, For example, armhole size, so that the dancer can raise her arm without problem during the performance. Having this clear, we can start. Diana has been selling flamenco fashion and Spanish dance costumes in Borrull for three years (these last, designed by herself, just like some earrings) with all the equipment: earrings, chopsticks (castanets), flores, shawl, shoes… There is a small tabo to test what sound each shoe makes!! The skirt is to show off, tells us, shoes are health. Each flamenco style has characteristics to which the costume must adapt.. For example, A red suit is not suitable for dancing a soleá, an intimate and austere suit; not even a black one to dance a joy; but lace does suit a guajira that is more vintage, a very sweet stick from Cuba. This is the theory, but in practice Diana sometimes has to design off-road suits that are suitable for a tear and a rip., if you know how to combine it with the appropriate accessories. Carratalá is a good place to find them.
THEOFI FRESHFILMING
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The first thing that catches your attention when entering TheOfi FreshFilming is the mural by Carla Fuentes that dominates the main room, where companies and freelancers from the audiovisual world work on beautiful wooden and iron tables designed for the occasion. Indeed, We are in an audiovisual coworking that guards a set for filming in the backstage, castings, product videos, photo shoots and whatnot, and an area for costumes and makeup. In addition to professional usefulness, This infrastructure has an educational aspect, Courses on cameras or photography direction are taught here for Barreira School students..
LUTHERY SPACE
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In Borrull the luthiers come together and remember those medieval streets in which businesses were grouped by guilds or trades.. In Espai de Lutheria, Juan Iscla is dedicated to repairing guitars and other plucked string instruments in his workshop at number 21. It's not a store, here you will not find instruments to buy, but a workplace where you step on shavings and smell like worked wood. With the blinds half drawn, It is not a place that invites you to enter, it is not its function. People working inside! Juan learned the trade by chance, “because poor” he says. He is a musician, He played the double bass and since he didn't have money to pay a luthier, he fixed the damage himself. Then he started playing with friends' instruments., later, of friends of friends, And so, until he became a luthier specialized in fixing impossible missions.
ANOU
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Reinvent yourself or die. Anou was born as a restaurant on Borrull Street and suffered the scourge of Alberto Chicote in the program Kitchen nightmare in 2014. Teresa has had to reformulate the business to move forward, with a catering service of daily menus for groups or companies, and renting the premises (with its professional kitchen included) per hour to groups. They are open to any proposal.
ARIES. OBJECTS FROM THE PAST
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In Aries it smells old. It smells good. It's a delight to meander through closets, towering mahogany display cases that no longer fit in modern apartments with low ceilings, modernist mirrors, wall clocks, sofas, chairs, lamps and a huge bookshelf on which you rest old books with torn spines. Speaking properly, we can say that few antiques (of more than a hundred years) rest in Aires, here a lot of material is art deco from the years 30 y 40. The oldest business in Borrull preserves the original doors and was started by Antonio Daries Martínez, back in the year 1945, selling second hand gadgets: washing machines, refrigerators, chairs, little tables, trunks, comfortable… I had to take them outside every day to free up a small hallway that gave access to the interior, which caused a curious image on the sidewalk. Because in the business next door, Avelino's, A huge square coat rack was displayed on which hung a good part of the clothes he had for sale.. Con 19 years, Toni, Antonio's son, took over the business, which began to turn towards the restoration of antique furniture and the treatment of wood and structures against woodworm and termites. Browsing in Aires (and in his workshop on Lepanto Street) you can find bronze vases, santos, a set of studs, fans, an old toy car, a roman, a Tip i Coll movie cart or a Akuarela nightclub sign. A delicious mixed bag.
THE FALLER DRESSING ROOM
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Second-hand clothing stores have been established in large cities for a long time and tailor shops rent tuxedos for very specific and sporadic events.. The fallera and fallero costumes are also very expensive clothing and are used only a few days of the year so... Why not rent them? The faller dressing room opened its more than 300 square meters at the end of September 2019 focused on suit rental, mainly, although it also sells second-hand and makes new models. Falleras with old or outgrown costumes can leave them here, in deposit, and make a profit, and those looking for a dress to wear in March can go out equipped with a suit, mantillas, dressing, combs, can-can and shoes for €350.
