Parque Centenario
Parque Centenario is an extensive public park in the Caballito district of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Overview
Presiding over a rapidly expanding city, the Buenos Aires City Council in 1908 approved the purchase of a 10 hectare (25 acre) plot belonging to Parmenio Piñero, a local brickmaker, for the purpose of a creating a "Westside Park" (the area was near Buenos Aires' western limits at the time). The project was entrusted to the City Parks Administrator, the renowned
The outermost lots were made available to a number of cultural and scientific institutions, notably the
Parque Centenario increasingly suffered from neglect during the 1980s, a trend underscored by the 1989 theft of the iconic bronze female nude in sculptor Luis Perlotti's Fountain of the Irupé Flower. Mayor Aníbal Ibarra initiated an ambitious restoration project for the park in 2005, resulting in the reconstruction of the amphitheatre, the refurbishment of the swan lake and the creation of a number of new facilities. The park's refurbishment was concluded in May 2009, and the new, 2,000 seat amphitheatre was inaugurated with a performance by the City Tango Orchestra.[2] Mayor Mauricio Macri's decision to install a perimeter fence around the park in 2013, however, resulted in a violent protest by opponents of the plan.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Parque Centenario". Monografías.
- ^ "Tras 4 años de obra, abren el mayor anfiteatro de la Ciudad". Clarín.
- ^ "Protesta y nuevos incidentes en el Parque Centenario". Clarín.