In automobile
or in bus to arrive until Av. Almte. Brown
corner Wenceslao Villafañe, where it
begins the neighborhood of La Boca properly,
to begin the walk on foot.
Before, have more than enough Av. Almte. Brown,
to the right, the reconstruction of Casa Amarilla
that was the marine's of Irish origin residence,
creator from the Armed Argentina and hero of
the naval battles against the empire of the
Brazil. The reconstruction dates of 1983 and
it harbors the Department of Naval Historical
Studies and to the Institute Browniano. They
surround the residence the lands of what the
old station of loads of the railroad, the first
one that existed in the country was. Today
enormous monoblocks is built.
To the left of the avenue it exists, an enormous
residential group, the monoblocks of South
Catalinas. You still discusses if it was in
La Boca where Pedro of Mendoza founded the
city for the first time, but the riverbanks
of the Riachuelo were surely the first port
of the city. Although Juan of Garay took the
city to a higher and healthier place, the port
stayed here and already in the XVIII century
they began to settle down the first port facilities.
Toward final of that century, the first saladeros
(big barrack for deposit of leathers and slaves'
reception and grocery with great movement of
sailors and merchants) they occupied both riverbanks
of El Riachuelo, from the outlet until the
Vuelta de Rocha.
In 1820 it registers the presence of Genoese
and the first naval warehouses and navy arise.
The current character of the neighborhood is
due to the Italian, specially Genoese immigration,
the one that never finished being assimilated
to the great city. Their characteristic architecture
is the houses of grooved foil, some colored
ones, of alive colors; many constitute even
populous conventillos where several families
cohabit.
Also observe the high sidewalks (of up to
1 meter) to avoid the frequent floods taken
place by the one feared "sudestada",
wind that blows from that sector of the quadrant,
causing the sudden grown deI River de la Plata.
To walk until Necochea and for this until Suárez,
where will find the sector of the taverns, noisy
restaurants where they eat up specialties of
pasta, fish and shellfish, in frank decadence
today in day, for very converged by groups in
train of some celebration.
To visit the Square Solís, to the street
left Necochea for street Suárez, where
the picturesque architecture of the neighborhood
is appreciated. Highlighted plastic artists of
the city contributed with their designs to paint
of cheerful colors and in the most varied forms
the fronts of the housings on the square. In
the corner of Olavarría and Ministro Brin,
an old municipal market was recycled in small
business center and gastronomic.
To continue for Necochea until finding the
Riachuelo. |