A little about Puerto Madero

Puerto Madero is a neighborhood which occupies a significant portion of the Río de la Plata riverbank.

In the 1930s, port facilities were relocated to the Puerto Nuevo (”new port”), 1 km to the north, and most of the older brick warehouses were all but abandoned. In the 90s, local and foreign capitals invested in a massive gentrification effort, recycling the west side warehouses into lofts and restaurants, and adding some new hotels and office buildings, mostly in the east side. A new marina was built in the northernmost dock. In the 2000s the process continued, and more hotels, office and appartment buildings, both low rise and high rise have been built. Currently more buildings are under construction in the east side.

By day, this riverfront area is a booming business and shopping district and by night, a hip neighborhood with pricey restaurants and fashionable clubs.

This is a work by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. The bridge rotates 90 degrees so as to allow the passage of the ships. It had been built in 12 months and finished in 2001.

It was one of the training ships that belongs to the Navy. It was built in England in 1898 by order of the Argentine government. It performed 39 voyages throughout the worldwide seas.