Viejas casonas, hoy galerías…
Entrando en ellas, además de recorrer los negocios donde las vidrieras atraen por sus objetos expuestos, uno también puede disfrutar de la arquitectura edilicia y los detalles de época que allí se encuentran.
Categoría: San Telmo Translated (English)
San Telmo Translated (english): Do people see different neighborhoods or only one?
When I ask myself why someone would choose San Telmo, I think that there is a unique answer for each person. To me, San Telmo is neighbors, graffiti, tango, mate, markets, antiques and colors....
San Telmo: a doorway to the world
A Dutch visitor investigates why foreigners choose to stay in this neighborhood San Telmo holds an undeniable attraction for the tourists who come to visit for a day or an afternoon. But there are...
San Telmo Translated: Integrating the old and the new to preserve a neighborhood’s identity
A comparison between San Telmo and the community of Portobello in London I grew up in an old market community in West London called Portobello that dates back to the early nineteenth century. On...
San Telmo Translated: Who Cares for San Telmo’s Aesthetics?
First, let’s describe the San Telmo that once was: beautiful, intense, rich with creativity, home to hundreds of designers and artists. Though it seems unbelievable, only three years ago San Telmo hardly resembled the...
Education and participation: An outsider’s view of the trash problem and its possible solutions
As the historic district becomes increasingly one of the most visible and popular areas of Buenos Aires, its equally visible garbage and deplorable public hygiene becomes a more urgent problem. Both residents and visitors...
The thin line: does tourism create a neighborhood or a stage set?
San Telmo and the city’s historic district have their protected areas. Some are more protected than others, But protected from what? Not everyone knows, and not everything occurs in the open. There are beautiful...
Mystic San Telmo: a brand or a neighborhood?
San Telmo always amazes. One might examine the reasons for this: are they tied only to the perception of the observer or visitor, or is it a characteristic of the place itself that instills...
The Fading Away of a Neighborhood: In our bilingual column, the author asks what is lost when a traditional building is demolished
Circumstances, the availability of an apartment, led me to live in San Telmo. My prior Buenos Aires home was a small apartment on the edge of Once. San Telmo, specifically the edge bordering Barracas...
Foreigners, locals—we must communicate!
I moved to San Telmo in 2005, when Argentina was still recovering from the economic crisis. At the time, San Telmo seemed like an affordable, somewhat unsafe but charming neighborhood. Now it is one...
