Banchero sits on the corner of Almirante Brown Avenue and Suarez Street, recognizable by its long history in the heart of La Boca. It opened on March twenty-eighth, nineteen thirty-two, founded by Juan Banchero and his sons, Tito and…
La Boca Immigrant Conventillos
This walk leads you through the brightly painted metal tenements of La Boca, where 19th-century Italian immigrants forged Buenos Aires's tango culture and legendary soccer passion.
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1. Banchero
2. Conventillo de Nelly Museo y Centro Cultural
The Conventillo de Nelly stands at Avenida Suárez number five hundred fifty-seven, recognizable by its architecture typical of late nineteenth-century La Boca, constructed from wood and corrugated iron. Built in eighteen eighty-six, this…
3. Estadio Alberto J Armando
The Estadio Alberto J. Armando is defined by three steep, tiered stands that wrap around a pitch, while the fourth side remains flat. This unusual layout, intended to fit the venue into a cramped plot of land in the La Boca neighborhood,…
4. Museo Conventillo de Marjan Grum
The Museo Conventillo de Marjan Grum is identifiable by the large, intricate mural painted directly onto its wooden and corrugated metal facade. Located at General José Garibaldi fourteen twenty-nine, this building is a surviving example…
5. Caminito
Caminito is recognizable by its dense collection of wooden and corrugated metal houses painted in vivid, contrasting hues. These buildings, known as conventillos, represent a style of communal housing used by the Italian immigrants who…
6. Benito Quinquela Martín Museum
The Benito Quinquela Martín Museum is a three-story building painted in distinctive pink and green, rising prominently along the Riachuelo waterfront. Completed in nineteen thirty-eight, it stands on land donated by the neighborhood’s most…