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Calle Florida, Avenida Corrientes, Avenida Santa Fe/Avenida Callao and Plaza San Martín
Calle Florida
This pedestrian promenade is the liveliest street downtown. Along its length are posh boutiques, the Galerías Pacífico shopping mall, a branch of Harrod’s department store, hot dog vendors, street musicians ranging from scratch bands to classical guitarists, and lots of porteños who work and shop here. It runs 11 blocks from Avenida Rivadavia to the Plaza San Martín.
Avenida Corrientes/Calle Lavalle
Avenida Corrientes, which runs east to west, is known as the “street that never sleeps.” This wide thoroughfare is home to cinemas, fast food places and late night clubs and restaurants, along with a large number of bookshops that stay open well past midnight. Adjacent to Corrientes, Calle Lavalle mirrors it on a smaller scale. Closed to traffic, it comes alive at night when the streets are crowded with moviegoers and diners headed to the many moderately priced restaurants here.
Avenida Santa Fe/Avenida Callao
Lined with attractive shops and art galleries, this is another fine shopping area. Airline offices and provincial tourist boards are located here. Avenida Callao is at the heart of the trendy cinema/eatery area in the near north side of the city.
Plaza San Martín
This is one of the few higher areas in a very flat city, and it is dominated by a large park.
When Sarmiento became president he built a monument to honor General San Martín and planned the park around it. The lower park retained the name which it shares with Buenos Aires’ large railroad station. The nearby clock tower was a gift from Argentineans of British ancestry. Its plaza, formerly called Plaza Británica, was renamed Plaza Fuerza Aérea following the Malvinas Conflict (The Falklands War).
Last updated June 13, 2008
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