2024 - Buenos Aires - 62 of - Avenida Lavalle 139401
More Buenos Aires architecture, a residential tower at Avenida Lavalle 1394 - with a Starbucks.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 61 of - Building Embellishment on Avenida Santa Fe
Building facade decorative adornment on Avenida Santa Fe.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 60 of - Wall Embellishment on Avenida Santa Fe
Building facade decorative adornment on Avenida Santa Fe.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 59 of - Basílica de San Nicolás de Bari, Retiro
Building relief on Basílica de San Nicolás de Bari, Retiro at Avenida Santa Fe 1352.
The Parish of San Nicolás de Bari was established in 1733 by Domingo de Acassuso, founder of San Isidro.
The parish has undergone reconstruction several times, among them the reconstruction by architect Arturo Prins in 1901, work that was demolished in 1931. The current façade was completed in 1935 by the architect Carlos Messa.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 58 of - Le Blé Boulangerie Arenales, Recoleta
Le Blé Boulangerie Arenales, Recoleta at the corner of Uruguay & Arenales in Recoleta neighbourhood.
The interest here is the corner arched building entrance. This architectural feature is ubiquitous in Buenos Aires.
We did stop here for lunch too.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 57 of - Plaza San Martín de Tours Siesta.
Enjoying an afternoon siesta in Plaza San Martín de Tours.
McGrath bench north
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Sand Creek area from McGrath
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McGrath Point 6759' next
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starting toward McGrath ridge
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McGrath Point for later
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2024 - Buenods Aires - 56 of - Plaza San Martín de Tours - Banyan Tree
Another specimen of Buenos Aires compliment of huge Australian Banyan trees. This one is in Plaza San Martín de Tours.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 55 of - Monumento a San Martín de Tours by Ermando Bucci
Monumento a San Martín de Tours in Plaza San Martín de Tours.
The bronze sculpture was made by sculptor Ermando Bucci and inaugurated 20 October, 1981.
The plaza received its name in 1962 in homage to San Martín de Tours, patron saint of Buenos Aires.
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His biography informs us that he was Bishop of Tours, France.
We suppose that this is why he should be considered French, since he was actually born in 316 AD in Pannonia, a territory that is part of present-day Hungary, and died in Candes-Saint-Martin, France, 08 November, 397.
The Saint is seen in the attitude attributed to him by the well-known and edifying legend, that is, trying to cut off his cloak to give half to an old and terrified beggar who asks for his help.
Frankly speaking, he never convinced us much about this story so maybe this part of the legend is pure BS.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 53 of - Monumento ecuestre a Carlos María de Alvear in Plaza Julio de Caro - 1 of 2
Monumento ecuestre a Carlos María de Alvear in Plaza Julio de Caro.
The monument is a work by French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle.
The work took nearly ten years to completed when completed it t was shipped to Buenos Aires from France in 1925.
Carlos María was president of the Assembly of 1813, he had a leading role in the siege of Montevideo, achieving the surrender of the city in 1814. A year later he was appointed Supreme Director and later one of the many governors of Buenos Aires.
Alvear was appointed the first Argentina Ambassador to the United States of America in 1823. He died in New York 03 November, 1852 and is buried in La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
NGXH 37322 Y Larry McGrath photo
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NLWY 18735 K Larry McGrath photo
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NOFF 70025 V circa 1990's Larry McGrath photo
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2024 - Buenos Aires - 52 of - Fuente Las Tarascas (1998)
Fuente Las Tarasca sculpture in Plaza Dante depicts three Mexican women holding a large basket with avocados, corn and apples as a representation of the abundance of pre-Columbian America.
The centre of the fountain is made of a bronze cup and figures on a stone base in the middle of a reflecting pool. The sculpture is also known as Fountain of Fertility.
The work is a replica of the original found in the city of Morelia, capital of the Mexican state of Michoacán, and was made by the Mexican sculptor and draftsman José de los Santos Sánchez Martínez.
The sculpture was donated by the Buenos Aires Regional Government and inaugurated 17 December, 1998.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 51 of - Hacia la luz, de Julio Le Parc
Hacia la luz de Julio Le Parc (Towards the light by Julio Le Parc).
Installed 16 December 2016, the work is located in the center of Plazoleta Rubén Darío, on Avenida Pueyrredón between Figueroa Alcorta and Del Libertador.
The sculpture looks completely different depending on the angle of viewing.
The sculpture is aluminum, painted white in a wave that repeats itself.
Le Parc, a pioneer of optical and kinetic art, founded his career working with light and movement.
L 957 circa 1990's Larry McGrath photo
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2024 - Buenos Aires - 50 of - Centauro Herido - 2 of 2
Centauro Herido front view. The sculpture is in the park space next to Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Recoleta neighbourhood.
The four-meter-high bronze sculpture, which represents one of the main mythological beings, was placed here in 1914 with its original engraved title: "The Death of the Last Centaur".
The sculpture was made by French artist Émile Antoine Bourdelle.
The head tilted to the left gives the impression that his neck is broken. The right arm is on a lyre that rests on its back, while the left arm collapses like its legs.
The anatomy of the figure is correctly worked out according to Bourdelle's classical training.
The work is based on the same series the author produced between 1911 and 1913 for the Theater des Champs-Élysées, in Paris.
Bourdelle (Montauban, 1861 / Vésinet, 1929) was a disciple of Rodin and worked as his assistant from 1893 to 1898, although he later developed the monumental style that distinguished him as an independent artist and was able to influence other younger sculptors.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 49 of - Centauro Herido - 1 of 2
Centauro Herido rear view as it framed nicely in the background tree. The sculpture is in the park space next to Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes in Recoleta neighbourhood.
The four-meter-high bronze sculpture, which represents one of the main mythological beings, was placed here in 1914 with its original engraved title: "The Death of the Last Centaur".
The sculpture was made by French artist Émile Antoine Bourdelle.
The head tilted to the left gives the impression that his neck is broken. The right arm is on a lyre that rests on its back, while the left arm collapses like its legs.
The anatomy of the figure is correctly worked out according to Bourdelle's classical training.
The work is based on the same series the author produced between 1911 and 1913 for the Theater des Champs-Élysées, in Paris.
Bourdelle (Montauban, 1861 / Vésinet, 1929) was a disciple of Rodin and worked as his assistant from 1893 to 1898, although he later developed the monumental style that distinguished him as an independent artist and was able to influence other younger sculptors.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 48 of - Decorative Street Lamp
This lighting design is ubiquitous in Buenos Aires.
After a process of replacement that began in 2013, Buenos Aires became the first metropolis in Latin America to use LED lights in 100% of its street lighting.
The City of Buenos Aires retrofitted 91,000 lights in its streets and parks with light emitting diodes (LEDs) and deployed a smart management system for all public lighting.
As a result, the City has benefitted from energy savings, decreased infrastructure and maintenance costs, reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, and increased safety and well-being for residents, while advancing on the pathway to becoming a climate smart city.
2024 - Buenos Airesm - 47 of - Floralis Genérica
A long view of Floralis Genérica in Parque Naciones Unidas.
Floralis Genérica sculpture is by Buenos Aires born architect Eduardo Fernando Catalano (1917-2010).
Catalano made the sculpture in the US. It was built by Lockheed Martin and placed above a reflecting pool in the Buenos Aires plaza in 2002.
2024 - Buenos Aires - 46 of - Facultad de Derecho, Universidad de Buenos Aires
Universidad de Buenos Aires Centro de Estudios de Ejecución Penal (Center for Criminal Execution Studies) - CEEP.
And there they are again, the misplaced kangaroo.
The purpose of the CEEP is to promote academic studies, research and the training of specialists in law and to collaborate with projects aimed at adapting the functioning of the criminal execution system to the objectives of the Constitution and guaranteeing the validity of the human rights of people deprived of liberty.
It's a rather authoritative looking building.