1982 saw the square officially renamed after the large brush that used to hang on the front of the factory that made them, at number 2. Before that, the square had been called Plaça de la Igualtat, d’en Roque Barcia (a left-winger who began the cantonal movement), La Madre Vedruna, and, later, Santa Joaquina de Vedruna. It quickly became a meeting place for the local people. Since 1909, it has been one of the sites for the festa major (summer fête): firstly, because one of the traditional marquees was erected here and, now, as a decorated street.
A bit further down, you will come to Plaça de Gato Pérez, commemorating the place where the Argentine singer-songwriter, an adopted son of Gràcia, met the gypsies of Gràcia at the Penya Curro Romero. With its close links to the festa major, this is where he discovered the Catalan rumba. Gato Pérez made rumba the focus of his musical activity, and this became the high point of his career in terms of prestige and fame. The surface of the square is composed of three different types of paving, describing the outline of a guitar: red cobblestones, pieces of granite and prefabricated concrete tiles.