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Enero 6, 2010 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
This post is the first in a series on imperdibles of Buenos Aires and its surroundings so you can plan your stay in the city.
The famous “Calle Florida” is a pedestrian street without traffic where the passer-by may walk along looking into each of Buenos Aires most gorgeous shop windows.
Florida St. – 1888
Florida St. – 1901
Florida Street is located only one block from
Hostel Colonial and has many attractions for the tourist. It is a commercial showcase, offering any form of imaginable merchandise and in every possible price range. From departments stores and shopping arcades to regional gift shops, people pass by art galleries, records and bookstores and cannot resist a drink in one of the many quaint coffee shops, bars, tea-rooms or restaurants. Boutiques selling diamonds (jewellery), furs, and high quality clothes for ladies and men, leather clothing, shoes and furniture embellish the street with its fine quality.
Florida Street is a “must” for everybody. Apart from watching, or courting women-the beauty and elegance of the Argentine women are world known-there is always something new in its shop windows.
Born as a primitive path on June 11, 1580, when Buenos Aires city was founded, Florida Street started to be a commercial one around two centuries ago, advancing south to north from Rivadavia Street, and completing its eleven blocks while reaching beautiful San Martin Square. Usually a crowded street, with a million and a half daily passer-byes in high seasons, Florida St. requires an extra supervision, apart from that corresponding to the local government.
As an essential part of the country, Florida St. is deeply connected to the ups and downs of the Argentines economy, to which any decision related to the growth of the street is actually submitted. Two hundred years of an always increasing commercial life are the evidence that Florida St. overcomes all kind of difficulties and remains as a symbol in the heart of the Argentine people that feel proud that “Calle Florida” is considered as one of the most important streets around the world.
Agosto 3, 2009 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: argentina, Buenos Aires Blog, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
From the
Hostel Colonial, getting down only one block on
Tucuman Street, you can find the
Pirates Bar or
Downtown Matías Irish Pub. the many times recommended by the
Hostel Colonial the
Kilkenny Bar, a real gringos cave where you can dance with alive concerts of many North-American singers who did not want to return home and stayed in
Buenos Aires rocking.
Reconquista St. is popular for the Irish event
Saint Patrick´s Day every year together with the pubs of the surrounding, many changes has gotten so now it’s a quiet and picturesque pedestrian street soon will be known as animated point to enjoy.
Sidewalks were expanded and leveled with the pavement; it was used materials with quality. Placed new lighting, benches, trash baskets and parking for bikes and motorcycles, trees were planted, giving a freshness and greenness of the mass of cement that is
Buenos Aires. Officers have increased outside the restaurants and bars with all the modern and cool vibes.
Florida St. is the busiest and uses to be the only pedestrian one in town, could make sense to create new pedestrian streets to calm down the maddening traffic of cars and people.
Soon
Defensa Street will be ready to walk too in
San Telmo, goes from
Lezama Park to
Plaza de Mayo Square and evidently future plans move forward to implement transportation such as bicycles, on the fact to realize advantages,
Buenos Aires has streets parallel and straights. It was done in Scandinavian cities where is only allow bicycles instead of cars.
The government will have the challenge of maintaining the beauty and care appealing urban vandalism predominant that could ruin things and perhaps using the same security way as
Puerto Madero district.
French translation – Piétonnière Reconquista
Depuis l’Hostel Colonial en marchant dans la Rue Tucuman y a seulement un pâté de maison pour aller au bar the Pirates, au Downtown Matíaset au recommandé, par l’Hostel Colonial, bar Kilkenny qui est vraiment une grotted’étrangers où on peut danser et voir des concerts avec des chanteurset parfois meme des chanteurs américains qui n’ont pas voulu retourner en Amérique du Nordet qui sont resté “rocanroleando” à Buenos Aires.
Rue Reconquista est la deuxième rue avant l’ Avenue Alem à avoir changé et elle estdevenue une rue pietonnière et pittoresque dont on peut profiter. Sestrottoirs ont été agrandis, mis à niveau , et de nouveaux révèrbères ont été installésdes bancs, des poubelles et des stationnements pour lesvélos et les motos; des arbres ont été plantés, donnant de lafraîcheur et de la verdure à la masse en ciment qu’est Buenos Aires.
Lestables des bars et des restaurants se sont multipliées dehors avec touteleur modernité et leurs bonnes ondes. Jusqu’il y a peu de temps, la rue florida était la seule rue piétonnière de Buenos Aires et semble entrainer d’autres rues à suivre son exempleen diminuant le trafic affolant des voitures et des gens.se joindra dans peu de temps la Rue Defensa de San Telmo quiira du Parc Lezama à Place de Mai. Á l’avenir il est pensé de mettre en place destransports comme des velos, Buenos Aires offrant l’opportunité d’avoir des rues parallèles, il est temps de mettrecela à profit comme cela a été fait dans des villes Scandinaves enremplaçant la voiture par le vélos. Le gouvernement aura le défi de nourrir la beauté et de soigner ce que levandalisme urbain prédominant a ruiné peut-être en utilisant la mêmesécurité de Puerto Madero.
Junio 28, 2009 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Argentine Art, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial | # Enlace permanente
We invite you to visit and appreciate Argentine arts and culture. Visiting this art collection located in Marcelo T. de Alvear St. right in front of San Martin Square, five blocks walking from Hostel Colonial. This foundation opened in 1995 with a purpose to promote exhibitions of local young artists in the country and abroad.
Federico Klemm is an icons and one of the best painters at the contemporary times, although he also studied dram and opera. He was born in Checoslovaquia nowadays named Czech Republic in 1948 as a very young age immigrate to this country. This blond artist start studying at the age of fourteen being influenced by the work of Toulouse Lautrec, Van Gogh and Picasso completing his career with some local painters whose works marked a way in his tendencies too.
One of the brilliant wise man you will be astonish others, He knew how to pick argentine and international art involving his specific and controversial outreach personality. He died in 2002. Last time he was seeing in public were when leaved a professional speech about the roof paintings of “Galerias Pacifico” a shopping on the pedestrian Florida St.
Abril 9, 2009 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Buenos Aires Blog, Buenos Aires Downtown, Buenos Aires streets, Hostel Colonial, Hostel in Buenos Aires | # Enlace permanente
The pedestrian Florida Street, famous all over the world, is located only 70 meters from the Hostel Colonial, at one of the most crowded spots in the Buenos Aires Downtown (2.000.000 people walk through the street every day), a neighborhood that already has 4 important pedestrian streets (Florida, Lavalle, Reconquista and Tres Sargentos, no one more than 200 meters from the Hostel Colonial).
Now, well, let´s get back to Florida St., always changing and being reinvented. Lately, it has been very commented that some blocks (it has a total of 11) have their public spaces taken by informal sellers that compete with the owners and tenants, almost outside the legality, some things that are not related to this blog, but even tough I cannot ignore, that why I mention that, and the other subject is the lack of information in some travel guides and local means, that publish grand things like “On weekends, there is nobody in the Downtown” or “When the night comes out, when the offices close, the Downtown became a desert“. There is nothing wrong and fallacious.
Its been more than 20 years, 2/3 part of my life, Monday to Monday passing in this neighborhood which I know as much as the palms of my hand. Hundreds of bars and restaurants (La Posada de 1820, hostel downstairs, La Casona del Nonno, El Gaucho Grill and Almacén Suipacha are four examples of those who can speak very well), cinemas and theatres (Ópera, Gran Rex, Nacional, Maipo and Tabarís, sold about 8000 tickets on Saturday night), the Luna Park Stadium, Puerto Madero and Florida St., always crowded. You don´t believe me? Look at these pictures, I´m going to divide them in 3 parts so you can understand the dynamic of the street, considering that the pictures were taken in a Saturday afternoon.
Florida St. – Part 1. From Rivadavia Ave. until Corrientes Ave., Financial District, so it should have almost no activity.
Florida St. – Part 2. From Corrientes Ave., the crossing with Lavalle St. until Cordoba Ave. (Galerias Pacifico Shopping Mall) – Concentration of local sellers and people.
Florida St. – Part 3. Between Cordoba Ave. and M.T.Alvear St. , the most chic and classic postal of Buenos Aires.
Now you know people, if somebody tells you that Buenos Aires, the Downtown, Florida St. some times get empty, this person is simply lying or missing information. Or a bit of both, don´t you think?
Enero 9, 2008 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Buenos Aires streets, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial, Tumblr | # Enlace permanente
Buenos Aires,
Hostel Colonial. The first departure from the hostel deserves traveled by the neighborhood, Downtown, Nuevo Bajo. What better time to start with the famous pedestrian streets of the city? Florida and Lavalle. One block north the first. One block south the second. 16 blocks in which Buenos Aires is … Buenos Aires.
Two streets turned into icons. An essential hike to understand some things to do and part of the urban thought of the city.
Buenos Aires, from Hostel Colonial, starts walking.
Look at the tags at the end of the blog more notes linked.
Noviembre 26, 2007 | Por hostel-colonial | Claves: Buenos Aires streets, Hostel Buenos Aires, Hostel Colonial, Tango en Buenos Aires | # Enlace permanente
This post is the first in a series on imperdibles of Buenos Aires and its surroundings so you can plan your stay in the city.
The famous “Calle Florida” is a pedestrian street without traffic where the passer-by may walk along looking into each of Buenos Aires most gorgeous shop windows.
Florida Street is located only one block from
Hostel Colonial and has many attractions for the tourist. It is a commercial showcase, offering any form of imaginable merchandise and in every possible price range. From departments stores and shopping arcades to regional gift shops, people pass by art galleries, records and bookstores and cannot resist a drink in one of the many quaint coffee shops, bars, tea-rooms or restaurants. Boutiques selling diamonds (jewellery), furs, and high quality clothes for ladies and men, leather clothing, shoes and furniture embellish the street with its fine quality.
Florida Street is a “must” for everybody. Apart from watching, or courting women-the beauty and elegance of the Argentine women are world known-there is always something new in its shop windows.
Born as a primitive path on June 11, 1580, when Buenos Aires city was founded, Florida street started to be a commercial one around two centuries ago, advancing south to north from Rivadavia Street, and completing its eleven blocks while reaching beautiful Plaza San Martin. Usually a crowded street, with a million and a half daily passer-byes in high seasons, Florida St. requires an extra supervision, apart from that corresponding to the local government.
As an essential part of the country, Florida St. is deeply connected to the ups and downs of the Argentines economy, to which any decision related to the growth of the street is actually submitted. Two hundred years of an always increasing commercial life are the evidence that Florida St. overcomes all kind of difficulties and remains as a symbol in the heart of the Argentine people that feel proud that “Calle Florida” is considered as one of the most important streets around the world.
Tango dancers in Florida Street
Peatonal Lavalle, la otra peatonal…
Pollerapantalón, funk callejero y más…
Rare artists in Florida Street
Florida Street, cosmopolitan….
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