Saturday, July 19, 2008
The Uniqueness of Buenos Aires
I arrived here late last night, and it's more wintry than Brazil, a brisk 45F at night.. I've walked every corner of this vast yet intimate city, let me share the views, at their finest.. (tomorrow we'll peek at the city's darker corners). But first, the joy of wooden subway cars!
The city's most impressive rococo building belongs to the water company, Aguas Argentinas, and was built from 1887-1894 by Scandinavian architects - here's a closeup of its beautiful façade, followed by a full frontal view.. A long-lost relative of Paris' Hotel de Ville (City Hall).
Avenida Libertador is a very, very wide boulevard-cum-highway, captured here on a typically sun-drenched day...
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