super power
December 29, 2007 | Filed Under Argentina |
Sitting on the edge of the port of Buenos Aires, a massive electric station helps run the city (marked in orange above). It’s so big that it can be seen from the entrance of the National Library. I’d never been to see it because it’s not the kind of area you generally want to stroll around, but Fabio had his car yesterday. What a massive hunk of a building. At first we didn’t think we’d be able to get very close given the container storage:
The naval guys didn’t seem to care if we went in though. I couldn’t believe how it looked at sunset:
Opening in 1933, this power station belonged to the CIAE but doesn’t look like an Italianate palace. It’s most like the substation on Calle Estados Unidos. Bulky & monumental, the mini-temples on the top & the giant obelisks were too cool for words. Even the entrance gate […]
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