Comments on: The Argentine Pavilion of the 1889 Paris Expo http://baires.elsur.org/archives/the-argentine-pavilion-of-the-1889-paris-expo/ Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert http://baires.elsur.org/archives/the-argentine-pavilion-of-the-1889-paris-expo/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Robert Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:49:52 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/the-argentine-pavilion-of-the-1889-paris-expo/#comment-55 This kind of thing is right up my alley :) It's a great series of photos... I've got a lot of old pix & postcards that I use in my walking tours. But if you're really interested in the pavilion, you should get the book (or at least read it at El Ateneo!) "Plaza San Martín: imágenes de una historia." It's well-written & uses extensive archived photos. You'll see that some of the pavilion is still on public view... you just have to know where to look :) Two sculptures of "La Agricultura" are at Avenida San Isidro & Paroissien (Saavedra) + Avenida de la Riestra & Martín Leguizamón (Villa Lugano). "La Navegación" is at Avenida de los Incas & Zapiola (Colegiales). Finally, a big sculpture representing "La República Argentina" is at a school at Libertador & General Paz (Núñez). No one said finding them would be easy... but we have Carlos Thays to thank for that. Don't be too hard on Argentina for destroying the pavilion. That was the order of the day. They were meant to be temporary structures used only to show off wealth, technological advance, & the like... look at all the buildings from the Paris Expo that are no longer around... or the Crystal Palace in London. I agree that it's a shame though. They would be nothing but breathtaking if seen today. This kind of thing is right up my alley :) It’s a great series of photos… I’ve got a lot of old pix & postcards that I use in my walking tours.

But if you’re really interested in the pavilion, you should get the book (or at least read it at El Ateneo!) “Plaza San Martín: imágenes de una historia.” It’s well-written & uses extensive archived photos. You’ll see that some of the pavilion is still on public view… you just have to know where to look :) Two sculptures of “La Agricultura” are at Avenida San Isidro & Paroissien (Saavedra) + Avenida de la Riestra & Martín Leguizamón (Villa Lugano). “La Navegación” is at Avenida de los Incas & Zapiola (Colegiales). Finally, a big sculpture representing “La República Argentina” is at a school at Libertador & General Paz (Núñez). No one said finding them would be easy… but we have Carlos Thays to thank for that.

Don’t be too hard on Argentina for destroying the pavilion. That was the order of the day. They were meant to be temporary structures used only to show off wealth, technological advance, & the like… look at all the buildings from the Paris Expo that are no longer around… or the Crystal Palace in London. I agree that it’s a shame though. They would be nothing but breathtaking if seen today.

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