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Old 04-01-2005, 05:23 AM   #1
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Buenos Aires, Argentina

hard to see a green spot?
notice the grid or blocks, which the are squares of aproximately 100 mts x 100 mts.
this picture was taken by a friend of mine before landing on the local airport..
its the exact center of the city (not downtown tho), its a neighbourhood called caballito
check this to make an idea of the dimension BA map

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Old 04-01-2005, 07:17 AM   #2
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That's awesome. Why is it called 'Little Horse'?
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Old 04-01-2005, 07:23 AM   #3
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according to history, in 1804 there was a 'pulperia' (pub/bar) in the intersection of rivadavia and mitre (main streets in caballito), and that pulperia had a weather cock, but instead of having a cock, it had the silouette of a horse, so everyone that was heading to that place said 'going to caballito', in reference to the pulperia.
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Old 04-02-2005, 10:21 AM   #4
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How far is it from Boca to Villa Real, and from Villa Riachuelo to Nunez. It looks like a very big city but I didn't see a scale.
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Old 04-02-2005, 05:08 PM   #5
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Villa Riachuelo and Villa Real do not exist, but, i think i get what you are talking about, La Boca (a neighbourhood) is located south of the city, thats where Boca Juniors (a football (or soccer) club) is, the Riachuelo is a long nasty, super dirty and polluted narrow river.
From La Boca to Nunez the approximate distance is 15 or 20 kms.
it takes 20 minutes by car or 45 by bus. during rush hour, it can take you two times that.
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Old 04-03-2005, 02:50 PM   #6
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Quote:
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Villa Riachuelo and Villa Real do not exist
Huh??
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Old 04-04-2005, 05:18 PM   #7
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to be honest, never in my life heard about those 2 places, so i asked my grandfather. He told me that Villa Riachuelo and Villa Real do exist, and they changed their names like 2 decades ago. Riachuelo is now Lugano and Villa Real is now part of Versailles.
the travel distance from those places is preetty sshort because there is a major freeway that runs from Nunez to Villa Riachuelo and from there to Boca. (30 mins by car @ 120 km/h.)

thank you bruce, now i know more about my city!
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