Lavapiés, Tirso and Sol, the Triangle of Homeless Drug Addicts: ‘I’m Carrying a Pepper Spray Just in Case’

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The squares of Tirso de Molina, Jacinto Benavente and Nelson Mandela are separated for less than ten minutes on foot. These busy points of the capital are today the open-air dormitories of homeless people, who find in the banks, corner or nooks on the cement a place to plant their mattresses or cartons. The transformation of these enclaves of the center district into 'pensions' in the open air – these vulnerable individuals consider these spaces…