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was installed along Florida Street in the 1890s, and it soon became a leading commercial artery in Buenos Aires. Vehicular traffic was barred during business hours in 1911 by request of the growing number of shop owners along Florida, and in 1913 the tram was dismantled to pedestrianize a section of
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lived near the northern end, and was fond of taking walks through the semi-deserted street in the pre-dawn hours. Borges was an outspoken critic of the renovation work done on the street in 1970; he was blind, and the new arrangement of trash cans, planters, flower pots, and
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along its downtown stretch; most have since closed, however, and Lavalle, which was pedestrianized in 1978, became largely a shopping street. The large numbers of pedestrians at the intersection between the two also made the intersection a forum for performances by
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The 200 block features the former Grand Florida Cinema (1925), created in an eclectic Art Deco design by Jorge Kálnay. The corner of Perón Street is overlooked by the Plateresque former Banco Popular Argentino (1931), today the headquarters of
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newspaper. One of numerous Plateresque office buildings completed in the area during the 1920s, the building, known today as the Mitre Gallery, is the second store opened on Florida Street by Falabella. The corner of the intersection with
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The 300 block includes the oldest existing bookstore of El Ateneo chain (one of two on Florida Street); founded in 1912, the booksellers opened their first Florida Street store in 1936. Facing El Ateneo is the former headquarters of
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ward. The northeast corner is distinguished by the magnificent Naval Center (1914), designed by Jacques Dunant and Gastón Mallet in a Beaux-Arts style. Separated from the Naval Center by Galería Buenos Aires is the former
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and opened in 1914; distinguishable by the illuminated beacon atop its spire, it was one of the tallest buildings in Buenos Aires st the time. The former Gath & Chaves department store (1914) and annex (overlooking
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landmark by enraged Peronists, who viewed the aristocratic Jockey Club as a center of anti-Peronism. The lot lay empty until the construction of Galería Jardín (1976), an office and retail complex designed by
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of avant-garde writers were among the many literati who gathered there. The Richmond closed amid controversy in 2011. The 400 block ends at the intersection with Lavalle Street, and is overlooked by both
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heiress planned the high-rise as a revenge against the Anchorena family, and made but one demand of the architects: that views of the Anchorenas' Church of the Holy Sacrament from their residence, the
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opened in the city's north side. Galerías Pacífico was renovated and reopened in 1991, though Harrods Buenos Aires, which by then operated only on the ground floor, would close in 1998. Mayor
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The economic crisis of the 1980s precluded any recovery, however. Nor did the street benefit from a consumer boom during the 1990s, as this was largely diverted toward a series of new
1066:, or underground). Five metro lines have stations within a short walking distance of Florida. Most bus lines reaching the downtown area have stops near Florida Street, as well. 166:. Its first official name was "San José," enacted by Governor Miguel de Salcedo in 1734. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the street was known popularly as 729:. The complex includes several levels of shops, a basement for offices and two high-rise towers, one of which is residential. Its retail section is known for its selection of 857: 329:
mob. Its decline, however, was slowed by both an era of relative prosperity in Argentina, as well as milestones such as the inaugural of the Hotel Claridge in 1946, the
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shopping arcade occupies nearly the entire block along the eastern side of the 700 block. The monumental building, designed by Roland le Vacher in 1888 to house the
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The Cultural Center of Spain in Buenos Aires (CCEB) is located on the 900 block. This block, however, is best known locally as the erstwhile site of the
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beginning in 1789, it became the first paved street in the city (a section of the original cobblestone pavement is displayed behind the entrance to the
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The beginnings of Florida Street date back to the founding of Buenos Aires in 1580, when it was hewn as a primitive path uphill from the banks of the
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The 500 block was the site of the Jockey Club, designed by Manuel Turner and completed in 1897. Founded in 1882 by future President
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Avenue, built between 1913 and 1943. Two of the avenue's most distinguishable buildings are located at this intersection: the
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risk for him. He was also influenced by his esthetic-minded friends, who saw the new scheme as a break with tradition.
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attractions. Florida Street bustles with shoppers, vendors, and office workers alike because of its proximity to the
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succeeded in having these vendors removed in January 2012. Florida Street continues to command among the highest
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area. It intersects Buenos Aires's other pedestrian street, Lavalle, at the heart of the former cinema district.
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Cadellada Building highlight the 600 block; a second El Ateneo bookshop, a third Falabella store, and the
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The preferable means of transportation to reach Florida Street from almost anywhere in the city, is the
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in the city, and has become a favorite attraction among the city's growing number of foreign tourists.
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headquarters since 1968, located in a building originally opened in 1908 as the Mexico City Store.
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One of the most iconic locations in Buenos Aires is the intersections of Florida Street and
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renamed the street "Perú" in 1837, and in 1857, the name was returned to the present one.
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The street continues into the Juvenilia Esplanade, centered around a memorial to writer
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outbreak. They decided to move to higher ground in the city and chose the area known as
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racecourses. An incident on April 15, 1953, in which bombs were detonated at the
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An Art Deco office building on the northwest corner of Tucumán Street and the
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Commerce along the street was afflicted in the ensuing years by proliferating
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for three major lines, is located near the northern end of Florida, across
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Galería Arax (site of the Buenos Aires Auditorium) are also located there.
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The city's middle and upper classes would later relocate further north, to
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in the municipal ordinance that otherwise prohibits the practice; Mayor
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scene during the 1960s), and the 1971 conversion of the street into a
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in 1889, and the Argentine Jockey Club, the nation's most prestigious
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From left: Mappin & Webb, the former BNL, and the Bencich bldg.
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in 1808, the street was called Baltasar Unquera, in homage to an
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is of great interest to foreign tourists and business travelers.
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The Julio Peña residence (1917), today the headquarters of the
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are located on the 100 block: Galerías Boston and the landmark
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section as such starts at the intersection of Perú Street and
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Florida Street becomes San Martín Street one block south of
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was first performed in 1813 at the Florida Street home of
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from 1896 to 1910, and thereafter the head office of the
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the street. The 1914 inaugural of the Gath & Chaves
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tiles laid in a decorative black-and-white pattern.
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Index


Spanish
Downtown Buenos Aires
Argentina
pedestrian
Avenida de Mayo
Plaza de Mayo
Rivadavia Avenue
Plaza San Martín
Retiro
tourist
financial district
street performers
tango
living statues
shopping arcades
restaurants





Río de la Plata
Montevideo
Cathedral Station
Diagonal Norte
British invasions of the Río de la Plata
aide-de-camp
Santiago de Liniers
William Carr Beresford

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