According to this article (https://turismo.buenosaires.gob.ar/en/article/neighbourhoods), Buenos Aires has 48 neighborhoods. Our hotel is located in Recoleta. We also spent a lot of time in La Boca, Puerto Madero, City Center (Montserrat), and Palermo. Some people refer to Buenos Aires as “the Paris of the South.” Read the article for good descriptions of the most prominent neighborhoods.
Puerto Madero
In 1882, the national government contracted the local businessman Eduardo Madero to take charge of the construction of a new port because the existing port wasn’t deep enough to allow ships to directly dock. The area is now named after him. The advent of larger ships ten years later made this port obsolete. It was replaced by Puerto Nuevo in 1911.
The Puerto Madero waterfront gradually decayed, becoming one of the city’s most degraded areas, a mixture of abandoned warehouses and large tracts of undeveloped land. After a series of redevelopment proposals over the years, starting in the 1990’s it was finally redeveloped. The land values are now double the highest value anywhere else in the city.
Located at Dock 3 is Puente de la Mujer (Woman’s Bridge). This unique landmark in the city is a rotating footbridge that is able to swing 90 degrees in order to allow water traffic to pass.
The Commission of the Urban Nomenclature made a decision in 1995, during development, to dedicate this neighborhood to women – writers, artists, scientists, activists, etc. – who showed great courage, in many cases having to resist the social norms of their times.
We planned to walk through the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur (South Coast Ecological Reserve) nature park, but it was closed due to the rains that occurred early this morning.
In the evening we watched the Super Bowl on the television in our hotel room. I have never seen so many channels on a hotel TV overseas. The FOX Sports broadcast was in Spanish. Those Spanish announcers talked incessantly at a rapid pace.
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