Avenida Córdoba

Coordinates: 34°35′53″S 58°24′27″W / 34.59806°S 58.40750°W / -34.59806; -58.40750
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Córdoba Avenue
Location of Córdoba Avenue in Buenos Aires.

Córdoba Avenue is one of the principal thoroughfares in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

History

Mayor

Line largely under Córdoba Avenue during the 1930s. Following the popularization of the automobile in Argentina during the 1960s, a 1967 ordinance made the avenue a one-way thoroughfare, east to west (making Córdoba Avenue one of the major routes used by the city's evening commuters).[1]

Overview

The avenue's outset at

Leandro Alem Avenue (the city's original shoreline), the avenue climbs around 15 m (50 ft) in a block-long segment known as "el bajo" - an incline where the riverfront once was. The Lancaster Hotel, located at the top of the incline, is where writer Graham Greene stayed in Buenos Aires while writing his celebrated mystery, The Honorary Consul.[2]

The avenue along the Galerías Pacífico shopping centre

The avenue crosses pedestrianized

FIAT opened the Mirafiori Tower, its Argentine headquarters, at this intersection in 1964.[1][2]

Its intersection with Libertad Street (one block past Nueve de Julio) is distinguished by

Neo-gothic National Music Conservatory. Entering the historic Jewish district of Buenos Aires, the avenue's intersection with Pasteur Street lies one block north of the Jewish Argentine Mutual Association, whose original building was destroyed in an as-yet-unsolved 1994 terrorist attack (the worst ever in Argentine history).[2][4]

The 8 km (5 mi) avenue demarcates a number of Buenos Aires' boroughs. At its outset, it separates Retiro to the north from San Nicolás and, further west, from Balvanera. It then separates Balvanera from Recoleta, to the north and, further west, Palermo from Almagro and Villa Crespo (both to Palermo's south). Entering Villa Crespo, the avenue passes under Reconquista Bridge, an overpass opened in 1969 to facilitate traffic along Juan B. Justo Avenue. Córdoba Avenue's Villa Crespo section is known for its many apparel and footwear stores.[5] The avenue ends as such at Federico Lacroze Avenue, though geographically it continues as Giribone Street for another eight blocks, extending well into the Chacarita borough.

Avenida Córdoba

References

  1. ^ a b "Taringa" (in Spanish).
  2. ^ a b c Wilson, Jason. Cultural Guide to the City of Buenos Aires. Oxford, England: Signal Books, 1999.
  3. ^ Clarín: Recuperarán la tienda Harrods (in Spanish)
  4. ^ "Buenos Aires: Enseñanza Artística" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2006-02-08.
  5. ^ "Clarín" (in Spanish).

34°35′53″S 58°24′27″W / 34.59806°S 58.40750°W / -34.59806; -58.40750