Here’s a lovely building on the corner of Virrey Cevallos and Carlos Calvo in Constitución. All the doors are boarded and the building appears to be vacant. I came across an article in the Clarín archives from 1998 that indicates a bad history for this street corner, which evidently had seen a large share of drug dealing during the ’90s and even the shooting death of a dealer.
But from my own observations this specific part of Constitución is much better than it was a decade ago. Ceci used to live just a block from this very corner back in 2003. On my visits that year from Miami I often was walking around this area and never noticed anything troublesome.
There’s a lot of new real estate development along Virrey Cevallos. Let’s hope this beautiful building does not fall victim to demolition.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
The street name caught my eye–Carlos Calvo is a big name in inter-American relations. The Calvo Clause argued in the 19th century that states could not intervene in disputes their citizens had abroad. It was aimed at the U.S. and Europe. I still discuss it in my classes as an example of Latin American response to U.S. policy.
December 26th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Hi Greg, Thanks for the lesson about Carlos Calvo. That’s very interesting.
December 27th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Hey Jeff, I think your Blog is awesome. I just saw the book you published, and it’s a great work. I’m a proud argentinean and I do care a lot about the foreigners view on my City.
Constitucion has a wide array of beautiful architecture in the midst of decades of decadence. It would be nice to see it being refurbished one day!
December 28th, 2007 at 11:41 pm
Hi Mike, Thanks for the nice words about my blog and the ebook.
Constitución is, indeed, an amazing neighborhood. Too bad more people are not more familiar with it.