About Galerías Pacífico
Galerías Pacífico shopping mall – formerly Bon Marche – was designed by the architects Emilio Agrelo and Roland Le Vacher, in 1889. The architecture design was inspired on a Milan alley, built by the end of 19th. century, called Galería Vittorio Emmanuele II. Since then, except for a short period of time, a wide variety of shops has been in place in the shopping mall. This building housed an Association for the Promotion of Fine Arts, the National Academy of Fine Arts and the Fine Arts Museum. In 1908, the Buenos Aires-Pacífico Railway Company purchased the building to establish their administrative offices. By that time, it was called Pacífico Building. In the 1940s, the building was remodeled again. The main floor became a shopping mall with all corridors roofed with reinforced concrete vaults. The central dome was decorated with murals made by the celebrated Argentine plastic artists Castagnino, Berni, Colmenio, Spilimbergo and Urruchúa. Then in 1990, the building was restored for the last time. Presently, Galerías Pacífico is an important shopping mall and cultural center. Jorge Luis Borges Cultural Center and Julio Boca Dance School are established there.
Located on Florida street, crossing street Cordoba.
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February 28th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
[…] Karine posted up some pictures and info on Galerias Pacifico, the lovely old shopping mall on Florida street in the Microcentro […]
March 9th, 2007 at 12:19 pm
Its amazing how each person manages his own blog. You have a very informative blog…great! Mine, in comparison, sounds like “details of the every day life in Buenos aires”. I live nearby “galerias pacificos” and you learn me a lot about the story of this building. Go on
March 11th, 2007 at 6:23 am
Clement — This is the beauty of the blogs :=D Yours brings to foreigners the insight of what it’s really like to live/experience Buenos Aires, whereas mine presents the city with detailed info and pictures. Keep up the good work too