El Congreso

Wherein Alan, with Ana Ana María and Lila, visits Congreso, the neighborhood which is home to the seat of the national government or, as would more likely say the natives, the armpit. Then again perhaps "seat" says it better. And other spots.


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A hall in the Deco apartment building where Ana María and Lila live.

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Door to the garden in back.

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A Deco light fixture.

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Lovely stairs. Every step is marble.

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In case you were thinking of defiling the building.

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The Congress building.

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La Plaza del Congreso.

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Another shot of the Plaza.

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One of Rodin's several original Thinkers in the Plaza.

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A statue and the national flower of Argentina.

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An ombú tree (actually, not a tree but actually a grass) in the Plaza.

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An interesting building in Congreso.

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La Confitería del Molino. Like the Ideal (see further pictures), but unfortunately boarded up.

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Inside a turn of the century arcade.

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The elevators and the foot of the stairway.

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Since 1902.

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Another building by A.S. Pagliere, Ingeniero Civil.

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Pagliere, Vellio, y Belloni.

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ASP.

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The trio.

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Another tree with bottles to scare the dogs. Wow.

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El Gato Negro. Café and spice shop from another era.

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Getting closer.

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Lila and Ana María enjoying their cortaditos.

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Alan y Ana María en el Gato Negro.

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