Calle José Ortega y Gasset

Calle de José Ortega y Gasset,^[2] also known by its previous name, Calle de Lista,^[3] is a street located in Madrid, Spain in its district of Salamanca.

The street goes from the Paseo de la Castellana until it ends at the Eva Perón Park. It also includes Marqués de Salamanca Square.^[4]

There are a total of 1449 dwellings in the street.^[5]

The street is also called as the "Milla Dorada",^[6] the Golden Mile, as a reference for luxury in the city, citing stores of retail, sport and jewelry, and more.^[7] Recently, it has decayed gradualy, as some luxury brands have retreated from this street.^[8]

In Calle José Ortega y Gasset, Abercrombie and Fitch opened their first store located in Spain.^[9]

In 1871 the street was given the name of Calle de Lista in honor of the spanish poet Alberto Lista y Aragón.^[10] Almost 85 years later, after the death of the spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset, the street was renamed to its present name, in his honor.^[11]

In June 2021, reformations started to convert the street into more of a "green space". The municipal government inverted 5.5 million € in the project,^[12] which included a scan in the trees of the street^[13] These renovations finished in September 2022.^[14] Two years later, the rent value of the street increase 12% with respect to the previous year, with 190€ per square metre.^[15]

In 1898, the spanish politician Francisco Silvela, the Marqués de Silvela started to live there. He would later die in his house in the number 26 in 1905.^[16] Twenty years later Fermín Calbetón died in the hotel he owned located in the number 25 of the street.^[17]