Avenida Corrientes

The Avenida Corrientes is one of the main arteries of the town of Buenos Aires, capital of the Argentinian . It is closely related on the tango and the heart of Buenos Aires. Its name, like that of other parallel avenues Santa Fe , Córdoba and San Juan , pays homage has a province of the country, in this case the province of Corrientes.

The avenue is born in the avenida Eduardo Madero, on the level of the Luna Park of which it constitutes the southern edge, not far from the district of Puerto Madero, and extends on 69 or blocks of houses manzanas towards the west initially, then towards the North-West, until its end in the avenida Federico Lacroze and the station of the same name, in the district of Chacarita, after having crossed of is in west the districts of San Nicolás, Balvanera, Almagro, Villa Crespo and Chacarita.

The direction of traffic is of west in is, i.e., from the periphery towards the center of the city.

Places of private interest

Of Avenida Leandro Alem to the Obelisk

  • the Luna Park

  • the Palacio de Correos
  • the pedestrian section of the Hold Florida
  • Several theaters.
  • Sorrento Restaurant, traditional Argentinian kitchen, in an environment distinguished enough (cravatte)
  • the Obelisk from Buenos Aires, with the intersection with the Avenida 9 of julio. Not meeting of great political demonstrations in the Argentinian history. Sometimes more than one million parsonnes.

The street which never sleeps

Quantity of establishments are open the night in Avenida Corrientes. Among those

  • the pizzería Los Inmortales , before Coffee of los inmortales , with photographs of those which passed there

  • Pizzería Güerrín
  • Café La Paz , historical center of meeting of militants of left
  • the Bar Ramos
  • Caféteria Giralda , which offers excellent to chocolate idiot Churro S
  • the theater General San Martín, Municipality of Buenos Aires
  • the complex Plaza , private initiative with rooms of theater and restaurants
  • Nombreuses bookstores ( Hernández , Liberarte and well of others)

The off-Corrientes

After having exceeded the crossroads with Avenida Callao, one leaves the district of San Nicolás, to enter that of Balvanera. One is consequently in what is called the off-Corrientes , name which one gives to this zone alternate rooms of theater.

One finds there also the Centro Ricardo Rojas of the Université of Buenos Aires, dedicated to the university extension and experimental art.

District Ounce of septiembre

The district Ounce of septiembre or September Eleven is the traditional Jewish district dedicated especially to the sale of clothing for the large ones and the small ones. Currently Korean trade and other nationalities were added there.

Abasto

After having crossed the Avenida Pueyrredón , one enters the small fatherland of Carlos Gardel. This district degraded these last decades, is recovering slowly. Its name is due to old the Marché of provisioning of Buenos Aires , or Mercado de Abasto of Buenos Aires , converted today into the shopping mall, largest of Buenos Aires.

Subway

  • the line   Métro of Buenos Aires accompanies it under most of its course (Stations " Leandro NR. Alem" , " Florida" , " Carlos Pellegrini" , " Uruguay" , " Callao" , " Pasteur" , " Pueyrredón" (correspondence with future the Línea   in construction in 2006), " Carlos Gardel" , " Medrano" , " Ángel Gallardo" , " Malabia" , " Dorrego" , and " Federico Lacroze ").

  • the line   (station " Diagonal Norte").

  • the line   (station " 9 of Julio").

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