Porteño Corner: Artist & Street Vendor, Sebastión Castro
Sebastión Castro Artisan/street vendor Age: 29 Martínez (northern suburbs) Q: How long have you been in Buenos Aires and how did you …
Sebastión Castro Artisan/street vendor Age: 29 Martínez (northern suburbs) Q: How long have you been in Buenos Aires and how did you …
← cont. from: Florida St.—The Bank of Boston Building Across from Diagonal Norte’s Bank of Boston is the Equitativa del Plata building designed by Alejandro Virasoro. Visoro was one of …
← cont. from: Florida Street at Diagonal Norte Facing Plazoleta Ciriaco Ortiz is the emblematic Bank of Boston Building, now Standard Bank, a 1924 neocolonial structure with a gothic touch. …
← cont. from: Florida Street—Galería Güemes through the Years At the point where Florida Street meets Diagonal Norte is Plazoleta Ciriaco Ortiz, a small triangular plaza overlooked by a series …
Liliana Escobar Owner, Panificación Harlem Age: 40 Perú 910 San Telmo Q: When did you open your health food store and how did …
Galería Güemes is another art nouveau jewel on downtown’s Florida Street, but you wouldn’t know it from glancing at it street side. After a 1971 fire caused serious damage …
Chifa Man-San, a Peruvian-Chinese restaurant is an enduring budget favorite, serendipitously located on Perú Street in San Telmo. Here you’ll dine among Peruvian families, foreigners on a shoestring and artisans …
The eight floor Gath and Chavez building at Florida 202, a block away from Galería Mitre is another historic building downtown from Buenos Aires’ glory days. This building, inaugurated …
Galería Mitre, at Florida St. 343, with its Jesuit-inspired baroque style is one of the most ornate and unique buildings along downtown Buenos Aires’ pedestrian mall. The unusual moldings of …
Ester Vanda Marini Owner, Arte Naturale/author/massage therapist Age: 43 San Telmo Q: You’re Italian. How did you end up in Buenos Aires? I …