Guidebook author & former tour guide, Robert Wright, shares what's in his line of sight.
buenos aires: a diez años de la crisis
As 2001 came to an end, it was almost time to celebrate my one-year anniversary of moving to Buenos Aires. I’ll be the first to admit that I was slow in coming to terms with some of the quirks of Argentina. But I was about to learn more than I bargained for.
buenos aires: barracas revisited, odds & ends
A neighborhood as large & complex as Barracas has a number of elements that don’t fit into any of the previous categories…
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buenos aires: barracas revisited, services
With a population of about 80,000 people, Barracas has lots of space to provide all the public services necessary: parks, hospitals, churches, synagogues & more.
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buenos aires: barracas revisited, residential
Given that Barracas has been divided into so many different parcels & has such an industrial character, few people consider it a prime residential area. That wasn’t always the case.
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buenos aires: barracas revisited, industrial
Probably its most defining characteristic, factories & warehouses can be found scattered all around Barracas. Everywhere. There’s no escape.
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buenos aires: barracas revisited, divisions
Barracas is big. It’s bulky. And this southern barrio has a reputation for being bad. But it’s one of my favorite areas of Buenos Aires. Hopefully this series of posts will dispel some of the misrepresentations about Barracas & encourage people to explore it.
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endless mile: prep for plaza de mayo
I’ll never forget my first impression of Plaza de Mayo—the main square in Buenos Aires & arguably the most important public spot in all of Argentina… on arrival I thought to myself, “This is it??“
buenos aires: parque de la ciudad
Imagine having a gigantic, empty space just waiting to be developed within the city limits. Not many opportunities like that come along, but during the last dictatorship (1976-83) an enormous tract of land in the southern section of Buenos Aires became the city’s newest amusement park.
buenos aires: inside the kavanagh
Don’t be jealous… although you should be. The Kavanagh is a Holy Grail to architecture buffs worldwide, & I scored a visit inside today.