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1. Gandhi-Galerna Bookshop |
Avenida Corrientes 1743
This is one of the most important bookshops in Buenos Aires. You can here find books of literature, of human sciences and cultural magazines. Discs are also sold. |
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2. Paseo La Plaza |
Avenida Corrientes 1660
This is a cultural and commercial center where you can find theatre rooms, cafes, restaurants, a congresses and conventions center and a shopping circuit.
It has been built on the plots of an old model market. It was inaugurated in September, 1989. It keeps some of the characteristic charm of the original construction, like the columns and the porticos. |
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3. Presidente Alvear Theatre |
Avenida Corrientes 1659
This theatre was inaugurated on April 24, 1942, by the show manager Pascual E. Carcavallo. It has always been a classic for music and theatre and the attraction pole of Buenos Aires cultural life. With 1000 seats and endowed with a modern technical infrastructure, it also holds stage workshops, technological illumination, sound and tailoring.
This theatre is one of the five permanent spaces of the Theatre Complex of Buenos Aires City, belonging to the Ministry of Culture of Buenos Aires City Government, also integrated by Regio theatre, De la Ribera theatre, Sarmiento theatre and San Martin Theatre. |
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4. La Paz Café |
Corrientes avenue and Montevideo street
It was an emblematic bar in the ‘60s. This café was the meeting point of writers and musicians like David Viñas, Ricardo Piglia; Enrique "Mono" Villegas and Rodolfo Walsh. |
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5. General San Martín Theatre |
Avenida Corrientes 1530
On December 18, 1943 by means of a decree from the Municipal Executive Department, the Theatre of the City of Buenos Aires is created, "which purpose must be the development of the national theatre in its purest traditional sources". Inaugurated in 1944, on the celebration of the San Martinian Year, in 1950, it was given the name of General José of San Martin. The construction of the current building began in 1954. It is a construction of great functionality, carried out with reinforced concrete, glass and strong metallic carpentries.
It harbours three theatrical rooms, a cinema and a photo gallery. The San Martin Theatre holds two stable companies: the Contemporary Ballet and the Group of Puppeteers. Both companies have been national pioneers in their own gender. |
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6. San Martin Cultural Center |
Sarmiento 1551
Located at the back of San Martin Theatre, this center conducts different activities such as workshops, conferences, musicals and drama plays, fine arts shows and all kinds of cultural events.
Construction of the Cultural Complex started in 1962. It holds five basements, four levels and twelve floors, what totals a surface of 30,000 covered square meters.
It also seats the Radio de la Ciudad, the Conservatory “Manuel de Falla” and the Center for Music Popularization. |
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7. De la Cooperación Cultural Center |
Avenida Corrientes 1543
Inaugurated in 2002, the building was decorated with murals of important plastic artists. Above 4,500 covered square meters are used to perform theatre plays, exhibitions, debates and conferences. |
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8. La Giralda Café |
Avenida Corrientes 1453
It is a meeting point for Buenos Aires intellectuals. Many university students meet here. It has been one of the few intact cafes that survived from modernizing trends in the 90’s. You may still give in to chocolate and churros at its wooden and marble tables. |
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9. El Estaño Café |
Avenida Corrientes and Talcahuano.
It is a small “tango” café which has been updated during the last years. This was the café where millionaire Aristotle Onassis worked when adolescent on his arrival to Argentina as a refugee. Some people state that Onassis served a cup of coffee to the celebrated singer Carlos Gardel. |
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10. Blanca Podesta Theater |
Avenida Corrientes 1283
This theatre was originally a cinema (by 1914). In 1922, it was dedicated to drama gender. As from 1924, Blanca Podestá took charge of it. Blanca was niece to José Podestá, an important Argentine playwright. Until the ‘80s, it kept the name of Teatro Smart. On its stage, great stars as Florencio Parravicini, Gloria Guzmán, Mecha Ortiz, Alberto Closas, Margarita Xirgu, Miguel de Molina and María Antinea performed.
This was the place where Carlos Gardel and Federico Garcia Lorca met for the very first time in 1933. |
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11. Lola Membrives Theater |
Avenida Corrientes, 1280
Designed by architect Enquin, who constructed it in 1927. Until the ‘70s, it was called Teatro Cómico. In the 30’s, actress Lola Membrives managed this theatre and that is why it is so called nowadays. |
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12. El Vesuvio Patisserie |
Avenida Corrientes 1181
In 1902, an Italian couple called ‘Cocitore’ inaugurated the first ice-cream shop in Buenos Aires. Some decades later, El Vesuvio added the cafeteria services to the shop.
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13. Obelisco |
Avenida Corrientes y 9 de julio
Se inauguró en 1936. Lo proyectó Alberto Prebisch, autor también del vecino Teatro Gran Rex. Es uno de los puntos de reunión para manifestaciones políticas y el festejo de triunfos deportivos. Resistido al principio, hoy el Obelisco es uno de los símbolos arquitectónicos de Buenos Aires. |
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14. El Nacional Theatre |
Avenida Corrientes 960
Inaugurated in 1906, it is one of the most traditional theatres in Buenos Aires.
This building was destroyed by fire around 1982. It was inaugurated again 18 years later. |
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15. Ópera Theatre |
Avenida Corrientes 860
Inaugurated in 1936. Its stage held stars like Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Ava Gardner, Follies Bergere and Lido de Paris. |
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16. Gran Rex Theatre |
Avenida Corrientes 855
Designed by architect Alberto Prebisch, who was also in charge of the Obelisk construction. It holds 3,300 seats. Together with the Opera theatre, it is one of the most important theatres where international shows are performed. |
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17. Esquina del Tango |
Corrientes and Esmeralda.
This corner holds the name of a tango song written by Celedonio Flores and Francisco Pracánico in 1933: En tu esquina rea cualquier cacatúa / sueña con la pinta de Carlos Gardel. |
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18. Maipo Theatre |
Esmeralda 449
This theatre was opened by the beginning of 20th century. The most famous variety shows are here presented. Today, local actors and musicians performed their shows on its stage. |
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19. Evangelical Methodist Church |
Avenida Corrientes 718
The building was constructed in 1874 with wooden roof, supported by English A-frames. The organ of the Church dates from 1882. Different plates can be seen here in homage to Carlos Gardel and to other figures of the Argentine popular music. |
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20. Corrientes 348 |
Avenida Corrientes 348
This address was immortalized by the tango A Media Luz by Edgardo Donato and Carlos Cesar Lenzi: Corrientes tres cuatro ocho, / segundo piso, ascensor. / No hay porteros ni vecinos, / adentro, cocktail y amor… |
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21. Comega Building |
Avenida Corrientes 222
The project agreement was celebrated in 1931 by architects Joselevich and Doulliet. The building was inaugurated in 1934 and it is one of the most important works of the Argentinean modernism. |
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22. Post Office Palace |
Sarmiento 151
(Closed due to refurbishments )
Designed by French architect Norbert Maillard, it was inaugurated in 1928. This building, erected on premises taken from River Plate. Its covered surface exceeds 83,000 square meters. The architectural conception of the palace allows for the possibility of changing the use of the shops and tailor them to the operative and technological changes the Argentine Mail required until its privatization in 1997.
Almost all correspondence which should be delivered to different points of the country and of the world is centralized there (different private couriers of smaller importance manage the rest).
This building also seats the Museum of Communications. |
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23. Luna Park Stadium |
Avenida Corrientes and Bouchard
The Luna Park Stadium also well-known as ‘Palace of Sports’, seats 35,000 people. This stadium which was originally dedicated to boxing, is currently the venue for diverse sport and musical shows and political acts. |
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