Poblenou's identity has been forged through hard work, amidst the steam from the boilers and the rumble of the shuttles, but also through a neighborhood struggle that began in the final years of the dictatorship—a legacy of many other struggles by the workers of the Catalan Manchester—and through the most radical urban transformation Barcelona has experienced in recent years. This was especially true from the 1980s onward, with the Olympic Games on the horizon. To understand this, one only needs to explore the neighborhood's greatest treasure, which is also one of the city's most valuable.