Now this, you can tear down
November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
This belonged to a recently emptied space on Montes de Oca, though I do rather like the curve of the balcony and the awning over the upper door. Both reminds me of Miami-style art deco.
It turns out that the city’s GIS site is a treasure chest of photos for buildings that are no longer with us.
The state of that current lot:
Stayed tuned for yet another before/after from the very next block of Montes de Oca.
Test blogging…
November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
…on the pirated wireless connection from my new apartment!
Another place gone
November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
Part 42,748 in the City that Fades Away series.
Yesterday I walked over to the Easy in Barracas to buy a lamp for my writing desk. On the way I came across this corner (Jovellanos and Villafañe) where a building had recently been demolished.
I was sad since I remembered taking the photo below just last month.
At the time I was concerned that the billboards around the house meant that it was going to be demolished. But then I thought, maybe the signs are just to keep people out. It looked like such a nice house.
From the city’s map site I found this photo of the house from a few years back.
suddenly, last summer
November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
What a great title.
A classic that I hadn’t seen in a long time, “Suddenly, Last Summer” certainly goes heavy on the melodrama & some monologues run a bit long… but does it really matter? Elizabeth Taylor was a goddess in this movie. And her acting puts Katherine Hepburn to shame… something not easily done.
The screenplay was written by Gore Vidal & Tennessee Williams, adapted from Williams’ one-act play of the same title. Montgomery Clift stars alongside Taylor & Hepburn in one of his last roles. It features a mysterious death, some crazy people, some not-so-crazy people, a gay secret, cannabalism & best of all—Hepburn descending seated in her own private elevator.
When Taylor makes her first appearance (after a lengthy & rather awkward setup by Clift & Hepburn), she steals the show. Total diva. First of all, she’s sexy as hell. I couldn’t get over it. And she absolutely nails the […]
“We were so good I don’t get why we lost”
November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
“4 YEARS OF GOVERNMENT WITHOUT RAISING ANY TAXES”(Post-election advertising poster for the outgoing government,almost identical to posters used in the campaign to boostthe government party candidate, who lost anyway.)
Reporter: “[Governor] Jorge Obeid said he’ll leave you [enough] money to pay salaries and bonuses to the public employees in December, 200 million pesos from the anti-cyclical fund, 80 million from the public works fund, and 300 million for ongoing works, adding up to 1,400 million. What do you think?”
Governor-elect Hermes Binner: “That we’re going to have to pay for a lot of advertising.”
New URL
November 30, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
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November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
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Calle Lanin, Barracas
November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
Lanin 1 - 200 (between Brandsen and Suarez), Barracas
A more colorful Caminito, without the hordes of tourists
Calle Lanin is beautiful little street in the barrio of Barracas, in the south of Buenos Aires. If you are going to La Boca to see the colorful and historical Caminito street, then you might also consider taking the time to explore some of the neighboring barrio of Barracas, where you will find the quieter, shady, yet extremely colorful Lanin. (Don’t try this at night, it’s not really a safe place for tourists to be after dark). The murals there, created in the year 2000 by local artist Marino Santa Maria (who actually lives on this street), are definitely worth the trip to take a look.
Unfortunately I’m still pretty tight for time at the moment, so probably the most efficient way to give you an idea of what Lanin street is like, and to […]
new resume
November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
Since I’m semi self-employed, I don’t know why it got into my head to do a new resumé. It’s not like I really need it. But several years have gone by since I last did an update.
There are still some design issues to tackle… making education stand out from work listings, adding my head shot in the upper right corner, & finding a place to add programming skills. But I like the general direction it’s going. I might even need it in Australia. And now you know my middle name. Ugh.
Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Piedad
November 29, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina | No Comments
Amid the exhaust of traffic, tucked away on a side street in the center of the city is a glorious church that is likely visited by few foreigners (though Pope John Paul II did come by once).
The interior is breathtaking and in astonishing good shape, practically perfect with polished columns crowned with gold, chandeliers, and the late afternoon light accenting the pink trim of the ceiling.
Much of the ceiling, on a closer look, is trompe l’oeil and, perhaps, a little overdone. The figures of Adam and Eve rising over the nave is almost too much yet the church is crowded with locals on a weekday afternoon. The faithful coming in pray, the only sounds being the steps echoing on the floor and the diminished roar of the buses outside, a reminder of hurried lives.
As I sit in a pew near the entrance I hear a voice to my […]
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