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All about Antique Tours for Buenos Aires and all Argentina with Bob Frassinetti
Monday, 27 April 2009
Walk San Telmo
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical

Walk San Telmo,......

 

While touring around San Telmo in the old neighborhood of Buenos Aires, there are several interesting architectural landmarks that should be taken into account to enjoy the best sight possible. Heading from Puerto Madero up to Defensa St and then all around the historical blocks of Carlos Calvo and Humberto 1, we will then head over towards the gorgeous Lezama Park to end our first virtual tour.

  
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Along Paseo Colon, named in honor of the intrepid Genovese explorer Christopher Columbus is the old Agriculture and Fishing Secretary. This neo gothic construction evokes the early 20th century Argentine wealth, when the country was christened the world's barn. The construction was directed by Vanelly& Sons and Kimbau & Company.

A couple of steps to the right is an outstanding construction belonging to the University of Buenos Aires, one of the world's most respected institutions at the time it is one of the last public and free of charge ivy league schools in the world. The School of Engineering was built during the early 50s and before belonging to the UBA it used to be Eva Peron's Foundation.

Just in front of the school is one of the greatest public works of art of our country. Entitled "An ode to Work", this is a monumental sculpture by Rogelio de Yrurtia (1879-1950), made in bronze and featuring 14 brilliantly achieved human figures.

   

Crossing Paseo Colon to Defensa Street we head along Estados Unidos St we head towards the San Telmo yards, a typical 18th century of the area that holds artists and artisans, located in the San Lorenzo Path.

 

At the corner of Estados Unidos St and Balcarce St. is BAR Sur a typical argentine café that opened its doors back in 1967 and was an avant-garde location in terms of night tango shows. It's still is, both for locals and visitors alike, for it presents a trustfully inspired show of the traditional music and dance of tango, as well as an inspiring atmosphere. A must for anyone who wishes to enjoy a traditional tango experience.

 

Following our tour thru Balcarce St, at the number 1016 is the home of the famous Argentine artits Juan Carlos Castagnino, born in 1908 this artist was an outstanding man of arts who's widely known for his works of illustration for the Argentine best seller book Martin Fierro in the 1963 edition. Having passed away in 1972, his late 18th century home remains as a landmark of aesthetics and homage to his works.

 

Next door to Castagnino's home is one other outstanding construction known as the Old Hotel, now transformed in Art Gallery and atelier for the neighborhood's artists and sculpture makers. The gorgeous construction dating from 1890 was originally a top notch hotel, today is part of the protected historical buildings of Old Buenos Aires.

 

The first parallel street to the left of Estados Unidos is Carlos Calvo St, between Balcarce and Defensa is one very interesting building of the early 20th century, the Denmark Church. Carlos Calvo 257 is the precise address.

While Argentina is a mainly Roman Church Catholic country, there are several other religious cults that have their place in the Argentine society product of the initial melting pot upon which our culture was shaped and formed. As with most aspects of our culture, this religion arrived to the Argentine shores by boat and built upon the beliefs and strength of the millions of immigrants that chose Argentina to become their new motherland. The construction is outstanding, following the lines of the neo gothic style; its blueprints were made by the famous Danish architects Rönnow and Bisgaard. It was officially opened in 1931 and functions to our days. For further information on the Church as well as the services contact them at http://www.iglesiadinamarquesa.com.ar/

   

Following the walk throughout San Telmo's oldest and most interesting buildings we arrive thru Carlos Calvo St. to the number 319, where's the old Knifemen's Home. The construction was made in two times, the first part which would be the front room is from late 18th century, and the remaining construction is from early 19th century. While today this construction is a restaurant, this construction was home to a tragic 19th century love story:

Margarita daughter of a very prestigious man of Rosas was supposed to marry into society, but she was in love with a local artist, singer; a bohemian man of the arts that stole her heart. Margarita run away with her love but was caught by her arranged fiancé who shot her when she tried to escape.

Margarita returned to her home and died a couple of days latter.

   

Our walk along the historical buildings of San Telmo now takes us to Buenos Aires foreman Esteban de Luca's home, at the intersection of Defensa and Carlos Calvo St.

The construction dates of the late 18th century. De Luca was a military, poet and journalist of a great time in our history, and because of his actions atop the historical aspects of his home it has now been turned into National historical Monument.

  

Our next stop is a whole block delimited by Bolivar, Carlos Calvo, Defensa and Estados Unidos, home of the historical San Telmo Marketplace. Featuring a unique style of avant-garde modernity in the late 19th century, this construction evokes a cross influence of Italian style in the outside construction and a strong English -trainstaition/marketplace- like iron structure combining metal and glass into a smooth look. The Architect was Juan Antonio Buschiazzo and the Market is still functioning to our days supplying nearby neighbors and curious visitors from every day goods and groceries to fine antiques and collectibles. A one of a kind mix that somewhat comes together in a wholesome concept only in San Telmo.

   

As the careful reader might have noticed, San Telmo, apart from being one of the oldest neighborhoods in our city, was also home to the Buenos Aires society, therefore the once splendorous which are being brought back to life thanks to the combined efforts of Architects, the City and San Telmo neighbors, are the living monuments of glorious times. An epidemic of yellow fiber back in the late 19th century and early 20th forced most of the prominent families to relocate in what today is the poshest area of the

city: Recoleta.

   

Walking along Defensa St is Plaza Dorrego, a gathering point for the neighbors that has been there for at least 3 centuries, home to local pubs, bars, cafes and a myriad of public shows, on Sundays the plaza transforms in outdoor flea market for the antique lovers and the passers by.

   

Taking our right down Humberto 1 St to the number 378 is the Argentine Penitentiary Museum. The building is truly interesting, built in 1760, by the architect Antonio Masella it was originally targeted to be the Home of the Spiritual Army for men, but soon the Jesuit mission was taken off Royal jurisdiction, and it was then awarded to the Cabildo, the house of government during Colonial times directly dependant of the Spanish Crown.

Inside the building is a Jesuit Chapel dating from 1734. Time passed and Argentina got its independence from Spain. The building was adjourned in Modern times to serve as Women's Penitentiary until 1978. After that, the city declared the construction as historical patrimony and it was transformed into a museum that opens daily.

   

Next door to this very ancient building is yet another construction that dates from the Jesuits' times. Because the building's construction began in

1734 and was altered and transformed throughout the centuries until early 20th century is that the National Monument features a truly eclectic neo colonial style. The careful and trained eye, can try to discover the diverse influences from different times, but indeed it's a somewhat impossible task for the input was tremendous and the alterations endless. All in all, it's a beautiful construction that is currently undergoing a process of restoration, may be the conservation will provide a closer look to its original features. Open for visitations every day, except for when religious services take place.

  

 Across the street on Humberto 1 343 is the very first Medical School of Argentina. Today, the building holds a Public School: Escuela Guillermo Rawson. The first school of Medicine in Buenos Aires was opened in 1858. The construction features a neo colonial style, and an interesting note of color is that the front door magnolias have been there since the school first opened. Just a tip for the botanical lovers.

   

Back to Defensa St, we continue our walk thru San Telmo's architectural monuments. On Defensa heading towards our left is Pasaje La Defensa, a brilliant construction of 1880, an era of splendor and growth for our nation, on the number 1179. This home belonged to the Ezeiza Family, a prominent society group which played a central role in our history during crucial times. Today the traditional two story construction is a gallery opened to the public.

 

A couple of steps further to our left is San Juan Avenue, if we walk just a bit along San Juan to our left is the City's Government Museum of Modern Art. The huge brick walled building was a cigarette factory -actually a trademark of early Argentina Cigarettes 43- built in 1918 with an interesting input of British Utility Buildings aesthetics. The museum while undergoing thru a rehab process is open to the public daily.

   

Back to Defensa St as we head off towards the gorgeous Lezama Park, on Defensa 1220 is the Museum of Film, which does not offer an outstanding architectural interest, is home to some very interesting movie collection and memorabilia. Opens Monday thru Friday from 10 AM to 5PM.

   

On Defensa 1344 is a 1860 traditional house, that was saved from demolition by real estate magnate Osvaldo Giesso, it currently holds an art gallery and Theatre school.

Following Defensa towards Brasil St, at the very intersection of these two streets is one of the neighborhoods most beloved and treasured cafes. The Bar Britanico, aka British Bar, whose owners were Spanish immigrants, but the area developed so much during the times when the British were establishing the railway system, that they finally christened their shop in honor to the area's progress. This is as traditional as it gets in terms of Buenos Aires cafes, plus the view of the park is just brilliant, so don't miss it.

    

To our left, following the park's barrancs is a great monument of unparallel architecture in the area: The Russian Orthodox Church of the Holly Trinity, on Brasil 315. The 17th century muscovite styled church was actually built in the early 1900, with the coordinated efforts of The Holly Synods of Russia Mihail Preobrazensky and architect Alejandro Christophersen. The detailing of the construction is outstanding and its finest highlight is the Venetian mosaics representing the Holly Trinity custom made in Saint Petersburg.

 
Link to Photo Album Mercado de las Pulgas Buenos Aires
 

The Lezama Park is an immense green space in the heart of the Southern District of the City, located in a natural barranc that is believed to have been the first original location of the first founding of the City of Buenos Ayres. The Park is also linked directly to one of the city's most important historical events, which are the repellence of the English invasion in 1806; the place where the local forces defeated the invading ones was precisely the Lezama Park. Years after, the British relocated David MacKinley built his weekend Riverside House, soon it was christened the English House. By 1857, the property was bought by a Salta Business man Jose Gregorio Lezama, he forested the area with exotic plants and tree. By 1889, his widow sold the property to the community to transform it into a public area under the name of her late husband.


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Meantime, ............... Read daily Up Dates on Art and Antiques for Buenos Aires, Argentina  http://www.frassinetti.bizArgentina also exports antiques over 100 years old with the help of Bob Frassinetti Read all about the South of South America, Argentina, Chile and Uruguay on this link. Updated and new web site, The Buenos Aires Toy Museum, Argentina  www.the-ba-toymuseum.com   Chat some more soon, ................................  Bob Frassinetti. 

 


Posted by bob frassinetti at 11:54 AM
Tuesday, 8 July 2008
Demolished 19th century houses for sale with building materials for recycling
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical
Demolished 19th century houses fittings for sale and rare architectural items from Iron doors to wooden windows
Argentina, Buenos Aires Historical Quarter as well as all major Cities, .... full of demolished buildings with interior fittings from demolished 19th century houses for sale at some of the building materials recycling warehouses. Mostly wonderful fireplaces, window, doors, screens, light fittings, bronze fittings for doors and windows salvage- like building details, building elements like stair rails, windows, hardware, and plenty more! Bob Frassinetti: For more information: Email: Bob Frassinetti. Press here to go back to web blog:Daily Updates on Art, Antiques, Collectibles as well as travel information for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone me thru Skype, ID: Bob Frassinetti or you can also chat with me thru Yahoo, press here: Yahoo Contact Find me on MySpace and be my friend!
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Posted by bob frassinetti at 12:47 PM
Friday, 4 July 2008
The BBC and the Americas
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical

I always enjoy a good story, and all during these years working the web I have always found that the BBC not only writes a good story on any news or subject that they come across but also dedicates some good writing time to our America, meaning the South America of the American Continent. To many people always confuse America with only the North America, and in reality we are 2 different cultures and not only the difference of one hemisphere to another. But this is another story and now for the bit of the news that the BBC gave us on a great collectors find. Read on,......

Long-lost Metropolis scenes shown

Metropolis
The footage comes from a copy made before distributors cut

Lost scenes from the classic sci-fi film Metropolis have been shown for the first time in decades.

The long-lost original cut of Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film was discovered in the archives of the Museum of Cinema in Buenos Aires earlier this year.

The museum's Paula Felix-Didier said it was the only copy of the complete film. Metropolis depicts a 21st Century society divided between a class of underworld workers and the "thinkers" above who control them.

Soon after its initial release at the height of Germany's Weimar Republic, distributors cut Lang's three-and-a-half-hour masterpiece into the shorter version since viewed by millions worldwide.

But a private collector carried an original print to Argentina in 1928, where it has stayed, Felix-Didier said.

'Overjoyed'

In the 1980s, Argentine film fanatic Fernando Pena heard about a man who had propped up a broken projector for "hours" to screen Metropolis in the 1960s - but the version of the film he knew was only one-and-a-half hours long.

For years, he begged the Buenos Aires' museum to check their archives for the man's longer version.

This year, museum researchers finally agreed and in April uncovered the reels in the museum's archive.

Metropolis
The scenes were shown for the first time to a group of journalists

In June, Felix-Didier flew with a DVD to the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden, Germany, which owns the rights to Metropolis. They confirmed that the extra scenes were from the original.

"We were overjoyed when we heard about the find," Helmut Possmann, head of the foundation, told Reuters.

"We no longer believed we'd see this. Time and again we had had calls about supposed footage but were disappointed."

Around 20 to 25 minutes of footage that fleshes out secondary characters and sheds light on the plot would be added to the film pending restoration, Possmann said, but around 5 minutes of the original was probably still missing.

Released in 1927, the silent film was not a commercial success and nearly ruined the studio behind it.

Soon after its premiere, the movie was heavily cut to make it more accessible, and several new versions of varying lengths emerged.

"The film hasn't left the museum and it won't leave until the city government and the Murnau Foundation decide what to do," Felix-Didier said.

Thank you BBC.

 


Posted by bob frassinetti at 12:37 PM
Thursday, 3 July 2008
Cosas que se encuentran en Buenos Aires,.......
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical
 

Hallan secuencias de "Metropolis" en Buenos Aires

 

Unas tomas olvidadas de la obra maestra del cine mudo, "Metrópolis", de Fritz Lang, fueron descubiertas en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, informó en Wiesbaden, Alemania, la Fundación Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau

Dormían en un depósito porteño hace 16 años

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De este modo podrá finalmente ser reconstruida la obra de Lang, el maestro de todos los filmes de ciencia ficción, y presentarlo de nuevo a todo el mundo", dijo a la agencia noticiosa alemana Ansa el presidente del Comité Directivo de la Fundación, Eberhard Junkersdorf.


Télam pudo saber que el hallazgo fue obra de la investigadora Paula Félix Didier (nueva directora del Museo del Cine porteño Pablo Ducrós Hicken), en colaboración con Fernando Martín Peña, periodista y director del área de cine del Malba.


Las escenas recuperadas muestran un trayecto en auto por la "Metrópolis" que Fritz Lang concibió como ciudad del futuro y la relación entre tres personajes secundarios.


Las primeras observaciones del material hacen suponer que, pese a la baja calidad de las imágenes, se podrá reconstruir la obra maestra de ciencia ficción rodada entre 1925 y 1926.


Un despacho de la agencia DPA repasó que el clásico fue estrenado en su versión completa el 10 de enero de 1927, pero pocos meses después la película ya sólo fue exhibida en versiones abreviadas.


Según la Fundación Murnau, la película mostrada en el estreno en Berlín tenía un largo de 4.189 metros y una duración de más de dos horas. La copia encontrada en Buenos Aires tiene casi el mismo largo que la versión original y unos 700 metros más -25 minutos
más- que la versión abreviada alemana y estadounidense.

 

Information from newspapers here in Buenos Aires, Argentina......


Posted by bob frassinetti at 1:48 PM
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Santa Maria del Buen Ayre or Good Airs
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical

Buenos Aires Technical facts ............


         
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 Buenos Aires is the city’s official name. It’s first denomination was originally Puerto Santa Maria del Buen Ayre. The city was christened by Pedro de Mendoza when he found the city for the first time in 1536. It was founded for a second time in 1580 by Don Juan de Garay christening it as Ciudad de Trinidad, Puerto Santa María de Buenos Aires. Administrative denomination: Capital Federal de la Republica Argentina. Nickname: La Reina del Plata The Queen of the river plateIts inhabitants are called Porteños, this denomination makes reference to the port side city citizens. Language: Spanish –castellano. As in every city in the world language is adapted locally, with verbal application variations and a local slang known as Lunfardo.  Where to find it in a map: Latitude 34°36’30’’ South. Longitude 58°22’19’’, West. Surface: 200 km2 or 20,000 ha. Towns limiting with Buenos Aires: North, Vicent Lopez, South, Lomas de Zamora and Lanus. East, Avellaneda. West, Tres de Febrero. North West limits with General San Martín, North-East with the River Plate, South east with La Matanza and south east with Avellaneda and East with the River Plate. All this limiting parties with Buenos Aires are known as the Grater Buenos Aires area, and part of the metropolitan area which is 3,879 km2 Physical characteristics Geography: The city is part of an undulated pampa ending at the Parque Lezama, Lezama Park. At that very  barren Pedro de Mendoza founded the city of Buenos Aires for the first time.  Climate: Template and humid. Annual media temperature 17°.Interesting fact: In the winter of 1918, it was the only time throughout the whole twentieth century when it snowed in BA.  In between the months of June and October there are strong winds with rain known as sudestadas. Seasons:Simmer: December 21st to March 20th, 23° C average. January is the hottest month. Fall: March 21st to June 20th. 14°C average temperature. Rainy. Winter: June 21st to September 20th. 10°C average. Coldest month July. Curiosity throughout he week if June 24th there’s a weird phenomenon, this week is known as the veranito de San Juan (St. John’s little summer, for on the 24th is St John’s day), were instead of being chilly cold it’s template and even warm. And near by August 30th, St Rose day, there’s a huge storm know as the St Rose storm, Tormeta de Santa Rosa. Spring: September 21st to December 20th. Average temperature 18°C.  Religion, according to the national constitution of Argentina, the federal government- AKA, the president, should be Roman Apostolic Catholic. The BA city’s government on the other hand sustains a religious cult freedom.  Usful tips: Local currency: Argentine Pesos, known as Pesos. Time is counted from 0 to 24, eg: 18 hs is 6 PMDate: day, month, year.  Sister cities. The city of Buenos Aires is boned to several other  cities of the world by cultural laces, commercial, profesional, educational and friendship ties. Some time ago there was an institution, the Buenos Aires Sister Cities Foundation, in charge of promoting bonding through means of its exchange program. These are some of the sister cities of BuenosAires:Madrid, Spain,Oviedo, SpainSeville, Spain Cadiz, SpainBilbao, SpainTel Aviv, IsraelDamask, SyriaQuito, EcuadorLima, PeruAthens, GreeceBogota, ColombiaBrasilia, BrazilRio de Janeiro, BrazilMontevideo, UruguayNaples, ItalyMoscow, RussiaOsaka, JapanRotterdam, NetherlandsPeking, ChinaBerlin, GermanyPrague, Czech RepublicSeoul, KoreaCairo, Egypt.  Famous Citizens.  Roberto Goyeneche, Tango singerAstor Piazolla, Music composer and bandoneon playerErnesto Sabato, writerOsvaldo Pugliese, Music, director and pianistFlorencio Escardó, Doctor, pediatrist and writerJuan Manuel Fangio, Race car driverJorge Luis Borges, writerLios Federico Leloir, Researcher and Nobel prizeBenito Quinquela Martín; PainterRaul Soldi, Painter Martiniano Arce, Fileteado ArtistDiego Armando Maradona, Soccer playerHermenegildo Sabat, Plastic ArtistMarta Argerich, piano player

Ernesto Che Guevara, Doctor and Cuban revolutionary .........

 

Posted by bob frassinetti at 10:59 PM
Tuesday, 4 September 2007
Real Estate Investments here in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical
Art and Antique Collectors, Collectibles and Real Estate Investments here in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It often comes to my mind that life’s all about taking pleasure in the things you do. Taking the most out of everything in the best possible terms. It’s not a matter of constant profit’s calculation. I’m an art and antique dealer, a collector. It comes from my heart, it’s an inner impulse. I enjoy very much a great item, interesting crafting, the uniqueness in the things I owe. I have collected items even before I was an dealer; all sort of interesting things that caught my eye. When I was a child, these actions of mine were referred as hobbies, now; I’m a collector, into all kinds of collectibles. I don’t mind labels.  Recently I got hold of an article about investing in collectibles. A very interesting piece that touched different approaches to this inversion in question. Throughout the article the author approached the pros and cons of investing in collectibles, the sales profits, the losses throughout time and the low return of your investment… It’s obvious, an item goes a long way before it’s appreciated as an antique or vintage item. For example, Christie’s –the famous British auction house- has just recently began to auction 1970s vintage items. So, you can figure out how long you’ll have to wait…To us, collectors’, waiting is not a problem, and our collectibles are not just mere money investments of which we’re expecting a monetary return soon. Most of our returns are passionate feelings awaked by the beauty of the item we’ve acquired; non tangible profits are one of the best possible returns for a collector. The exact moment in which you spot the object of your affection, when you point it out from the crowd and decide it has to be yours, has no price. Collectibles go all the way from toys to scholar items, from stamps to sculptures, art pieces, vintage trains and antique cars… Indeed, our collectibles are investments. Of course these items can be bought and sold over and over, and in each transaction we can make some extra money. But investing in collectibles is not just about the money, and anyone who’s a collector knows what I’m talking about. We, collectors, invest our time and money not just in the purchase of the item in question but also in its conservation and also in its background history. Investing in collectibles is exiting and interesting. But I don’t think we look at this “investment” in monetary terms, at least not the whole of it. I think collectors are natural investors that consider the economical side as much as the emotional and non tangible ones.  

At the moment The Buenos Aires Toy Museum and www.Artdealer.com.ar are developing a profitable Real Estate holding investment, thought by collectors for fellow collectors. Purchasing a property in one of Buenos Aires most exclusive areas and developing boutique lodging. A special location for collectors from all over the world who appreciate Argentinean made items –from vintage toys to art-, customized rooms exhibiting one of a kind collectibles, special experts on Argentinean collectibles arranging antique hunts to unknown and valuable markets within Buenos Aires, are just some of this investment’s attractive features. In terms of investments, Argentinean Real Estates is one of the most profitable ventures at the moment offering USD investment, with income and potential for capital gain as well as great returns.

 

For more information email or phone me.  As I’ve stated before, collectors invest with tangible and non tangible returns in terms of their collectibles and are investors by nature.    Invest in all that Argentina has to offer from Museum quality Art to Fashion from Antiques to Real Estate, and enjoy living with Arts and Antiques and Travelling all Argentina, Chile or Uruguay for them ....... read all about it here:  http://www.frassinetti.com   Phone:  +54 911 6965 1955 or in B's A's: 15 6965 1955 Chat any time, Bob Frassinetti  

Posted by bob frassinetti at 1:57 PM
Friday, 29 June 2007
Cafe Society
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical

Cafe Society

Where Art meets Life.

Joan Osburn.

 

Coffee is a fleeting moment and a fragrance.
--Claudia Roden




It was a pleasant cafe, warm and clean and friendly, and I hung

up my old water-proof on the coat rack to dry and put my worn

and weathered felt hat on the rack above the bench and ordered

a cafe au lait. The waiter brought it and I took out a notebook

from the pocket of the coat and a pencil and started to write.

--Ernest Hemingway



Coffee falls into the stomach...ideas begin to move, things remembered
arrive at full gallop... the shafts of wit start up like sharp-shooters,
similies arise, the paper is covered with ink... - Honore de Balzac

 

 

Cafes are an intrinsic part of every day life in Buenos Aires. Portenos -as
the people who live in this portside city is known as- feel cafes are almost
like an extension of their home, study or work environment. Probably some of
the best poems, songs, paintings, business plans, romances and break-ups have
had a Buenos Aires Cafe as their main stage.

Modern or Classic, hip or traditional, shaggy or well staged, the option is as broad as one can imagine.

This is a two century old tradition that started with the flows of European Immigrants. Those origin old continent marks can be traced in our cafes. For example, the great pleasure taken in small strong cups of espresso coffee is without a doubt Italian origin. While the Spanish input can be found in the variety of snack like appetizers known in the Peninsula as Tapas and in Buenos Aires as picada (literally meaning chopped, for it consists in small plates of cold cuts, cheese, veggies, etc) or tablita (because it was sually served in a wooden cutting board). As to the other influence, I
think France is the place; for no other country in the planet worships cafes as a philosophical round table scenario as French and Argentines do.

The combination of those influences together with the very sense of Argentines and portenos created a particular cafe culture that's typical of our capital city.

Visitors from around the globe when visiting Buenos Aires usually delight themselves with great food, but the last place they think that might raise some eyebrows is a cafe, but it happens. After the perfect grilled Argentine steak, the most delicious pasta dish and superb ice cream, the culinary surprises brought by the argentine palate might seem covered. But you haven't tried Buenos Aires flavour until you enjoy an espresso and a tostado. The consistency and rich flavor beheld in the small cup complements perfectly crispy thin bread layers mixed with just a perfect slice of ham and cheese. Within its simplicity this true Argentine combo is a treat to the senses.



Each quarter in the city has its own trademark cafe, some even more than one. Each features a unique and personal style, the conjunction of ambiance and public, those steady customers that regularly come, sit on the same table and have become part of the cafe's spirit. And such is the love and care Argentines have for those coffee houses that the government has come with a cultural patrimony project that preserves those historical and cultural icon places under the concept of Notable Cafes. There are 53 in the city of Buenos Aires, but the list broadens constantly. Cafe Tortoni, La
Giralda, 36 Billiards, La Biela, La Ideal and Bar El Britanico, are just some...................

 

This book is tiled in Spanish as Cafes de Buenos Aires, Coffee Bars in Buenos Aries
This book is tiled in Spanish as Cafes de Buenos Aires, Coffee Bars in Buenos Aries 
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Posted by bob frassinetti at 2:07 PM
Updated: Friday, 29 June 2007 2:38 PM
Thursday, 7 June 2007
Roof top Down Town Historic Buenos Aires & Defensa Street 251
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical

Apartment Building Defensa Street 251 is next to several Historic sites in this oldest and most loved part of BA, next to the City Museum, across street from the Saint Francis Church, on the corner is a famous Pharmacy with paintings on the ceiling and just round the corner is the Puerto Rico Bar well known its coffee and meals....... the Pink House and Plaza de Mayo are just a bit under 400 feet away. And if you have the right connections why not a bit of “mate” with the President and a short speech from Evita’s Balcony ........

 

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Posted by bob frassinetti at 1:54 PM
Wednesday, 30 May 2007
San Telmo Vegtable & Antiques Market Place
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical

San Telmo Vegtable & Antiques Market Place

This outstanding San Telmo Market was built back in 1897 by the famous architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. Combining a typically modern Italian fa¿ade with a more English styled inside made in iron and glass, the San Telmo Market place is not only a tourist sight and trade mark -this is the last monument of it's kind... but an ode to our past and traditions there are no further market buildings currently working as products markets in the city.

The construction of this gorgeous building expresses a very particular and special time in Argentina's history, for in 1880 Buenos Aires is finally declared the nation's capital city, and soon after this turning point in our history, BA' mayor, Torcuato de Alvear begins to carry on the ambitious modernization of the city. Architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo will play a crucial role both in the public administration and the construction and architectural field designing modern Market places, hospitals, public buildings, churches, cemeteries and particular buildings...

The architectural technique chosen by this fabulous architect for the San Telmo market combines the hygienist proposal -so famous back then- with the advantages of modernism and it's new material inputs. It can be appreciated from the inside of the market that the main concept that guided the construction was sanitation and hygiene, there are no inside walls, instead, a strong and gorgeous iron structure blended with glass creates a spacey environment. The outside fa¿ade's main focus it's a huge arch at the entrance -which exhibits a true Tuscany style at the arched main door benefiting from the building's highest point. This design is projected inside the building, through the various iron arches, transformed and methamorphed into a spacey multifunctional interior.

With a traditional eclectic feel typical from Buenos Aires the San Telmo market is a worldwide known tourist attraction for it's architecture as well as antique market. However the greatness of this Market is that within it's walls one gets one of a kind vintage items at the same time we can shop our daily groceries and stop for a quick lunch at the fabulous North-west Argentinean-Bolivian bistro... a glass of wine and their fantastic potato omelet is a must!

Ocupying almost a whole block the market limites to the north with the intersection of Carlos Calvo and Bolivar St. and to the south with Estados Unidos and Defensa St. the Market opens Tuesday thru Sundays from 10 am to 7 pm.

 

 

San Telmo Vegtable & Antiques Market Place, Image Gallery. This outstanding San Telmo market was built back in 1897 by the famous architect Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. Combining a typically modern Italian façade with a more Enghlish styled inside made in iron and glass, the San Telmo Market place is not only a tourist sight and trade mark –this is the last monument of it’s kind… but an ode to our past and traditions there are no further market buildings currently working as products markets in the city. With a traditional eclectic feel typical from Buenos Aires the San Telmo market is a worldwide known tourist attraction for it’s architecture as well as antique market. However the greatness of this Market is that within it’s walls one gets one of a kind vintage items at the same time we can shop our daily groceries and stop for a quick lunch at the fabulous North-west Argentinean-Bolivian bistro… a glass of wine and their fantastic potato omelet is a must! Located at the intersection of Carlos Calvo and Bolivar St. the Market opens Tuesday thru Sundays from 10 am to 7 pm.Email Bob Frassinetti. The Buenos Aires Art Dealer,Argentina. Bob Frassinetti. Copyright 2005. Roberto Dario Frassinetti.
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San Telmo Market 1897  
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Topic: Buenos Aires Historical

Without a doubt we could mark with cross this location as the heart of one of Buenos Aires oldest and most interesting quarters christened after a very famous and beloved priest Saint Peter Gonzalez Telmo. The historic Buenos Aires and San Telmo neighborhood is very small, limiting to the following streets and avenues Chile, Piedras, Caseros , Defensa, Martin Garcia, Paseo Colon, Brasil and Ing. Huergo.

 

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Posted by bob frassinetti at 1:59 PM
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Evita, don't cry for me Argentina
Topic: Buenos Aires Historical
Evita, the Pink House and the crowds of followers in the May Square, a story behind the Musical  
The Pink House, down town Buenos Aires

The Pink House overlooking the Plaza de...

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Most people around the globe might know the story of “Evita, don’t cry for me Argentina” thanks to pop star Madonna's performance in the musical film under the same name, or well thru means of the Broadway or Piccadilly Circus show. However Evita is as much as or even more than the ideal picture of a blond woman addressing the masses from some balcony on a Presidential Palace of South America, a Pink House balcony; especially to a great many of Argentines whose lives changed completely thanks to her doings. But we are not here to judge her, only to let you know about her. Before Evita, and before Evita was Evita, women in Argentina didn't vote, didn't evolve in Politics, and didn't do the many other things that would take a paper itself to enumerate. She was to be known as the ambassador of the Poor thanks to her broad charitable work. She was born as Maria Eva Duarte. In the early 40s she became Eva Peron, but the masses christened her as Evita. She soon transformed into a role model who broke the traditional moulds upon which women in Argentina were shaped. She turned the page in history and politics and thru a brief moment, changed the possibilities for the less privileged in our country.  Side by side, her husband the famous General Peron, she became the alma mater of a novel political movement that was christened Peronismo, a populist political movement that altered Argentina's history for once and for all. Nothing was the same after her. She was a turning point, the first female turning point in our recent history. Evita, was either beloved or hated, but no one was indifferent to her and her doings. The poor loved her, while society women despised her for altering the state of things. Maria Eva Duarte was born in Los Toldos, a small town in the province of Buenos Aires in 1919. She spent her childhood in Junin, another town in the B’s A’s province after her father died a couple of years after she was born. At age 15 she feels restrained in her small hometown and moves to Buenos Aires, the big city to become an actress. Her success wouldn't be immediate, but she would achieve every one of the goals she sets for herself. Her life would change in January 1944. At a Charitable event on behalf of the victims of a horrendous earthquake that had hit the province of San Juan a couple of days ago, she meets the then, Coronel Juan Doming Peron. They would immediately fall in love, and marry only two years after. By February 1946, Peron would become president of our country and she would be a valuable ally, becoming the direction of the female branch of the peronist movement. Her political work had both a strong political and social imprint. Thru means of the Eva Peron Foundation she would build hospitals, nursing homes for the elder or single mothers, schools, and much more. Her charisma was impressive, and her popularity grew at an outstanding rate. Her speeches were of an amazing strength and power: as  she says in her own words, “When I chose to become Evita, I know I chose the path of my people. Today, four years after I made that choice, I find it very easy to prove I did as I said” “No one except my people call me Evita”  “The shirtless workers were the only ones who did so. Men of power, politicians, ambassadors, businessmen, intellectuals, professionals, who visit me don't ever call me Evita, they address me as Madam, and they see me as nothing else but Eva Peron. But the shirtless, on the other hand, don't know me but as Evita. I introduced myself to them as such the day I met with the humble ones of my land, for I said that I'd rather be Evita to them than the Wife of the President”, if Evita was in any way, she was an aid to mitigate some of the pain and sorrow they were going thru, the poor and dominated classes of the workers. “If you were to ask me which of these forms I prefer I would immediately answer: I best like it the name my people gave me, my fellow argentines, brothers, the humble of my land”  Evita had a brief and fugacious life. She suffered a dreadful cancer, and passed away on July 26th 1952 at a very young age. National Mourning lasted over 14 days, but people still grief her death today. Defensa Streer 251 and Everything along this Street.....
Everything along Defensa Street, starting from Hipolito Irigoyen and the May Plaza, May Square, the heart o Buenos Aires, Everything along Defensa Street, one of the most visited and well known streets of the Historical art and antique area of the City of Buenos Aires, Starting out from the May Square, la Plaza de Mayo, and the heart of this fabulous and romantic, vibrant City. We are to being our walk with our back to the Plaza and the central monumental there the Pyramid a homage to the May Revolution. The 25 of May of 1810. Plaza de Mayo and the Pyramid in its centre: Argentine lifetime Scenario ……….For more information: Email: admin@frassinetti.com Bob Frassinetti. Press here to go back to web blog:Daily Updates on Art, Antiques, Collectibles as well as travel information for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone me thru Skype, ID: Bob Frassinetti or you can also chat with me thru Yahoo, press here: Yahoo Contact Find me on MySpace and be my friend! .
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The Plaza de Mayo and the Pyramid seen from Defensa Street 
Plaza de Mayo and the Pyramid in its center as we know it today are the representation of Independent Argentina. The original plaza was the Plaza Mayor of the Colony but along with the Revolution of Independence came a new denomination for public spaces: it became Victory Plaza when Buenos Ares defeated the English invaders and after the Revolution of Independence. It was then, also, when the Pyramid was constructed. It was conceived as an Obelisk that would be the center point of the city, however, it transformed into a pyramid in 1856 by Prilidiano Pueyrredon. For more information: Email: admin@frassinetti.com Bob Frassinetti. Press here to go back to web blog:Daily Updates on Art, Antiques, Collectibles as well as travel information for Buenos Aires, Argentina. Phone me thru Skype, ID: Bob Frassinetti or you can also chat with me thru Yahoo, press here: Yahoo Contact Find me on MySpace and be my friend!

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Updated: Tuesday, 29 May 2007 1:09 PM

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