Shopping on Florida St.

For convenience for the short-term visitor, Florida Street can serve as a good place to do one-stop shopping without having to contend with the heavy automobile traffic found in many other shopping areas of Buenos Aires. Florida Street is perfect for those scrambling to pick up some last minute traditional touristy gifts such as football [...]

Galerías Pacífico—Florida Street’s Shopping Mall

←cont. from: Harrods Buenos Aires and the Decline of Florida Street The 1991 debut of the 180-store Galerías Pacífico shopping mall is what saved downtown’s Florida Street from becoming a complete ghost town in the 1990’s. Its opening was also a financial blow to the already hemorrhaging Harrods Buenos Aires a block away, and in [...]