edificis pantalla

English translation: solid wall of tower blocks

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Catalan term or phrase:edificis pantalla
English translation:solid wall of tower blocks
Entered by: Berni Armstrong

09:36 Jun 19, 2014
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture / Urban Planning
Catalan term or phrase: edificis pantalla
This is from an Urban Planning history text.


The context is a caption for an aerial photo of the Besòs district dominated by a line of tower blocks running alongside a main trunk road (lower reaches of the Gran Via).

"Es distingeixen els ***edificis pantalla** aixecats a la vora de la Gran Via, fragments inconnexos d’illes canòniques d’eixample, ordenacions extensives de l’illa per a activitats industrials i fins i tot rengles de cases associats a l’ordenació del regadiu anterior."

I take it he is using this expression to imply that these buildings screen off the motorway from the surrounding area. But is there a term for that in English, or should I just explain it, as I have done here?
Berni Armstrong
Spain
Local time: 17:11
solid wall(s) of buildings
Explanation:
you might try something like that.
solid walls of buildings running along...
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Peter Guest
Spain
Local time: 17:11
Grading comment
Went with solid wall of tower blocks here and just tower blocks in other contexts.
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solid wall(s) of buildings


Explanation:
you might try something like that.
solid walls of buildings running along...

Peter Guest
Spain
Local time: 17:11
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16
Grading comment
Went with solid wall of tower blocks here and just tower blocks in other contexts.
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