It´s a BA way

Our tour group stops to admire a particularly Buenos Aires art form. This special type of painting on buildings and signs began in the early 1900´s with one man decorating his wooden cart. It spread to cover entire buildings, then died out. This block has been saved for posterity.

Lively, vibrant Buenos Aires

January 7th 2013
Geo: -34.5911, -58.4137Abasto. Never heard of it. We've been to BA half a dozen times but never stayed here long enough to see more than the top 4 or 5 tourist areas--Recoleta cemetery, San Telmo fair, La Boca, Puerto Madero, the Obelisco...Until today. Abasto used to be where the wholesale vegetable, fruit and meat market was for the whole of Buenos Aires---HUGE. Then that market was mo ... read more

South America » Argentina

Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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