Five quick tips for a pleasant Florida Street shopping experience: • Don’t take up any offers for local currency exchange or strip shows. • Keep in mind that most of the panhandlers along Florida are professionals, … [Read more...]
Money Exchange & Other Hustles on Florida St.
On Florida Street, downtown Buenos Aires' pedestrian mall, near the corner of LaValle, it's inevitable to come across some shady-looking characters yelling out, ‘cambio, cambio!’ These ‘unofficial’ (read: illegal) … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
Edificio Bencich and the South End of Florida St.
← cont. from: Diagonal Norte—La Equitativa del Plata Building Another architectural gem on the heavily photographed corner of Diagonal Norte at Florida Street is Edificio Bencich at Roque Sáenz Peña Avenue 615. It … [Read more...]
Florida St.— The Bank of Boston Building
← 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. It's noted for its huge … [Read more...]