Villa Crespo
Villa Crespo | |
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![]() Cityscape view over Villa Crespo | |
![]() Location of Villa Crespo within Buenos Aires | |
Country | Argentina |
Autonomous City | Buenos Aires |
Comuna | C15 |
Important sites | Memorial toOsvaldo Pugliese |
Area | |
• Total | 3.8 km2(1.5 sq mi) |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 89,859 |
• Density | 24,000/km2(61,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-3(ART) |
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Villa Crespois amiddle classneighborhood inBuenos Aires,Argentina,located in the geographical center of the city. It had a population of 83,646 people in 2001, and thus currently apopulation densityof 23,235 inhabitants/km2.[1]Villa Crespo celebrates its anniversary on June 3.
Villa Crespo was also sometimes referred to as Palermo Queens around 2007. This trade name, caused a reaction from the Neighborhood Association and Historical Studies at the Ombudsman of the city of Buenos Aires. They issued Resolution 2549/07, resulting in 14 realtors being sanctioned for publishing misleading advertising, in violation of the consumer competition law and fair trading law, and violation of the law of neighborhood boundaries and the tourist protection law. Palermo is considered a more expensive neighborhood and renaming Villa Crespo as part of Palermo would allow people to charge higher rents, etc.
It grew around the "Fábrica Nacional de Calzado" (National Shoe Factory,1888). The first name of the neighborhood wasSan Bernardoand that remained in general use during its first twenty-five years, in spite of it being officially named after Buenos Aires mayor,Antonio F. Crespo.On April 11, 1894, the San Bernardo church was opened to the public. Villa Crespo was home to severalconventillos,including the most famous one, theConventillo de la Paloma.UnderJuan B. Justo avenueruns the Maldonado waterstream, culverted to prevent major floods.
Villa Crespo has been traditionally associated with theJewishcommunity, hosting severalsynagogues,Hebrewschools andyouth movements.Its traditionalfootballclub isAtlanta.
Until the 1980s, it had a clothing commercial centre inScalabrini Ortiz Avenue(previously named Canning), but this has lost its strength over the years. The main commercial hub is still the intersection of Scalabrini Ortiz and Corrientes avenues, these two roads being also the main access of the neighborhood.
Someleatherclothes stores are located in the area around Murillo street, and on Warnes Avenue are numerous auto-part stores. On the other hand, the neighborhood has a relative lack of parks and squares.
Villa Crespo people
[edit]- Salvador Benedit
- Julian Bourdeu
- Remigio Iriondo
- Osvaldo Pugliese,tangomusician
- Leopoldo Marechal,writer, who located many episodes of hisAdán Buenosayresnovel in Villa Crespo
- poetJuan Gelman
Filmed in Villa Crespo
[edit]- Bolivia,2001.
References
[edit]- ^"Villa Crespo".Buenos Aires Ciudad - Gobierno de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires.Retrieved2015-09-16.
External links
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