Lunch at Puerto Madero
Lunching at some restaurant along the dock
Ship entering the port
Ship arriving from Uruguay
At the fishing club’s pier
Along the fishing club's pier, overlooking Puerto Madero
Strolling along Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero
Puerto Madero and its cranes
Located behind the Retiro area, Puerto Madero is a compound of basins, cranes and docks (huge sheds where cargo brought in by freighters arriving to port was stored in the past).
The New Waterfront
Puerto Madero on a sunny Sunday afternoon. In the background you can see numerous new residential high-rises of up to 50 stories.
Rain over the city
Yesterday afternoon, the sky hazed over, an intense but short rain and wind fell over the city. I kind of like this shot that I found in the newspaper La Nacion. This is somewhere in Puerto Madero very close from the docks.
Mercedes model
I found this Mercedes-Benz “model” in front of the Mercedes store in Puerto Madero -
I’m heading out of town for a few days going to Salta for the Easter celebrations. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina, at the foothills of the Andes mountains. BA daily postings will resume next week. I’ll bring back lots of pictures from Salta and surroundings to share with you.
Strange or nice?
Monument dedicated to Tango in Puerto Madero. So, what do you think? Do you like it? ;=)
To see a closer look at the monument, click here (Picture from the newspaper La Nacion).
Puente de la Mujer by Leandro
Today’s contribution is from Leandro, an Argentine living in Posadas, in the province of Misiones. He gently sent me some of his pictures so I can share them on BA daily. This picture was taken in Puerto Madero and showing the so famous “Puente de la Mujer“. You can check out this posting I did in March 06, telling you a bit more about the bridge: Puente de la Mujer.
Photo by Leandro D. S.
Past the docks
If you walk past the docks of Puerto Madero, eventually crossing the Puente de la Mujer, you’ll arrive to this peaceful and beautiful green space, with buildings constructions all around.
Monumento al Tango
The is the first monument dedicated to a music genre: a large steel accordeon, weighing two tons, was placed in the exclusive neighborhood of Puerto Madero. The official inauguration will take place on the 22nd this month.
Walk by the harbor
Picture taken by Tathiana from Mi Buenos Aires Querido. This view is from Puerto Madero. You can check out another of her pic here.
Night on Puerto Madero
I could not help resist posting this picture taken from an article in La Nacion. Night overview of Puerto Madero. More views of Puerto Madero: 1, 2, 3.
Night view of Puerto Madero
A walk during the day or at night is always a pleasant thing to do in Puerto Madero, the riverfront of Buenos Aires. It’s a booming area, with businesses, bars, restaurants and clubs. To read more about Puerto Madero, click here.
Going away for the week end
The port of Buenos Aires. It has been declared open port in the late 1700s by Charles III of Spain. I already mentioned this in an older posting, but the people of Buenos Aires are known as porteños (people of the port), acknowledging the major historical importance of the port in the development of the city and the nation. The boats roomed and the tip of green on the left belong to the yacht club argentino.
Siting at a cafe-Puerto Madero
Sunday afternoon, relaxing at one of the various cafes along the waterfront.
Dimanche apres-midi, tranquille, a l’un des nombreux cafés qui bordent les quais du port.
Along the waterfront
Puerto Madero represents the lastest architectural trend in Buenos Aires. Puerto Madero consists of old docks where the cargo brought by the ships was stored. There docks were restored with the idea of integrating the port to the city extending the downtown area. By day, this riverfront area is a booming business and shopping district and by night, a hip neighborhood with pricey restaurants and fashionable clubs. The docks were refurbished to become office buildings on the upper floors, or lofts and allocate sumptuous restaurants along the river.
Puerto Madero représente la dernière tendance architecturale de Buenos Aires. Puerto Madero c’est en fait d’anciens docks, ou les marchandises amenées par bateaux étaient déposées. Les docks ont été par la suite rénovés dans l’idée d’integrer le port au centre ville qui s’étend de plus en plus. Pendant la journée, les quais habritent des bureaux et des magasins. De nuit, Puerto Madero est un quartier branché avec ses restaurants couteux et ses clubs a la mode. Les parties superieures des quais ont été rénovées en bureaux ou en lofts.
Cow Parade
You may have seen them in your cities. Yesterday, while walking in Puerto Madero, the port of Buenos Aires, we saw so many of them lined up along the banks. This is Cows Parade Buenos Aires 2006, exhibition that has 120 natural size fiber glass cows on which the artists, painted and modeled, their artistic projects. This international movement has been made in the main cities of the world, among them Zurich, Prague, Brussels, New York, Chicago, Stockholm, Tokyo and Sydney, where the multicolored herds made by different artists have appeared.
Vous les avez peut etre deja vues, j’en suis sure. Hier, alors que nous nous promenions a Puerto Madero (le port de Buenos Aires), nous en avons vues des tas de vaches, de taille normale, en fibre de verre, alignees le long des berges. C’est le “Cows Parade Buenos Aires 2006″ (La parade des vaches, Buenos Aires, 2006). Cette expo composee de plus de 120 vaches, sur lesquelles les artistes ont peint et modele leurs projets. Ce mouvement international a éte presenté dans les principales villes du monde, parmi lesquelles Zurich, Prague, Bruxelles, New York, Chicago, Stockholm, Tokyo et Sydney, là où les troupeaux multicolores, faits par différents artistes, sont apparus.
