Abasto de Buenos Aires

Coordinates: 34°36′13″S 58°24′39″W / 34.60361°S 58.41083°W / -34.60361; -58.41083
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"Abasto" and "Mercado de Abasto" redirect here. For the film, see Mercado de abasto. For the town in La Plata Partido, see Abasto, La Plata.
Abasto Shopping
Total retail floor area
116,646 m2 (1,255,570 sq ft)
No. of floors4
Parking1,200 vehicles

The Abasto Shopping is one of the biggest

neighbourhood
, is sometimes referred to as Abasto.

The Abasto Shopping centre is served by the adjoining underground station Carlos Gardel of

line B
metro (subte).

History

The original Mercado de Abasto c. 1890s

By the end of the 19th century, the city of Buenos Aires was expanding rapidly due to the influx of migrants from various

Sarmiento railway and halfway between La Boca and Olivos
, two zones of fruit and vegetable production.

The town hall accepted the proposal on November 29 of that year, and passed it on to the Deliberating Council, who sanctioned it on January 8, 1889, in an ordinance approving the construction of the Mercado Central de Abasto ("Central Supply Market") on the 25,000 m² plot of land between

Corrientes Avenue
, Lavalle, Anchorena and Laprida streets. The municipality allowed the Abasto market to become wholesalers of fruit, vegetables and other foodstuffs, but forbade the sale of meat.

People at the market in 1898

The old marketeers of the Mercado Modelo associated and founded in 1889 the Sociedad Anónima Mercado de Abasto Proveedor ("Market Supply Provider Anonymous Society"), which bought from the Devoto brothers the land and the concession to build the Mercado de Abasto. The construction of the building started shortly after the sale had been approved by

mayor Francisco Seeber
, and the first section was inaugurated on April 1 of 1893, with a covered area of 1,300 m².

A populated market as seen in 1925

Ten years later a refrigerated storage and an ice factory were opened, to satisfy the city's hygiene standards of the times. Since the population, and with it consumer demand, was steadily growing, it was necessary to construct a parking area for horses and vehicles. In 1928 an annex for retail sale was built between Guardia Vieja, Lavalle, Gallo and Bustamante streets.

Consumer demand again led to the overcrowding of the markets of the city, so architects José Luis Delpini, Viktor Sulčič and Raúl Bes designed a new market in the location of the Abasto market. Work started on December 28 of 1931 with the foundations and finished in 1934. The new Mercado de Abasto had an area of 44,000 m2 (473,612 sq ft), railway access and underground parking. In 1939, the sale of meat and fish was allowed.

On October 14, 1984, the central market was moved to the present Mercado Central, location, outside the city of Buenos Aires, and the Abasto of Buenos Aires was closed and left abandoned. It was not until the mid-1990s that a project was proposed for turning the Abasto into a shopping mall. In 1996 the building was sold to "

Sarkany. A limited number of foreign brands can also be found such as Adidas, Lacoste and Nike

Gallery

  • Facade of the market in 1945
    Facade of the market in 1945
  • Art Deco interior
    Art Deco interior
  • Night view of the facade
    Night view of the facade
  • Escalator to 3rd. floor
    Escalator to 3rd. floor
  • Cinemas hall
    Cinemas hall

References

External links

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