Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar

human settlement in Argentinae

Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar is a planned commonty, pairt o the partido Tres de Febrero in Greater Buenos Aires an locatit adjacent tae the ceety o El Palomar. It is servit bi twa railwey lines, the San Martín Line an the Urquiza Line, which provide easy access tae the caipital aboot 20 kilometres awa.

Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar
Kintra Argentinae
Province Buenos Aires
PartidoTres de Febrero
Foondit1944
Elevation
28 m (92 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
 • Total17,605
CPA Base
B 1684
Area code(s)+54 11

Urban character eedit

Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar is an unuisual, colorful, socially mixed an lively neebourheid o aboot 6,650 faimilies in a aurie o 2.4 km². Inspired by the Garden ceety muivement, its layoot is designed on a pedestrian scale wi compact residential auries made up o tile roofit row style an free staundin chalets in tree-lined streets an boulevards. Thare are three arcadit three-storey residential-commercial plazas (toun squares) wi central greenery, childer playgrunds, foontains an surroondit bi shops, pubs an al-fresco dinin restaurants.

 
Plaza Plate (Plate Square) on a cauld hairst fore-nuin
 
Outdoor rock muisic concert in Plaza de los Aviadores (Aviators Square)

The layoot wis developit tae place cultural facilities, schuils, kirks, clubs an pairks, mixed an athin walkin distance o hoosin auries.

History eedit

Inauguratit in 1944, Ciudad Jardín wis conceivit bi Doctor Erich Zeyen,[1] a German emigrant who arrivit in 1929 wi the idea o creatin a Garden Ceety that affered a balance o urban life wi green spaces, a ceety athin a ceety. It haes been recognisit an mentioned in publications on urban plannin on a warldwide level.[2]

The influential Argentine professor o ingineerin, Carlos María della Paolera, foonder o "Día Mundial del Urbanismo" (Warld Urbanism Day), haes praised Ciudad Jardín as the first Garden Ceety in Sooth Americae.

Ciudad Jardín is a commonty that haes endured the passage of time an modrenism gracefully. Housomeivver, at present, ceetizens are debatin whether a heich-gate wi direct links tae an expresswey shoud be built. Thare is a general concern that the proposal wad ruin the commonty's character an put it in jeopardy. It is argued that a hintle better approach wad be tae impruive the run doun commuter San Martín rail line that runs parallel tae the proponit heich-gate.

Rock'n Roll Ceety eedit

Ciudad Jardín haes producit naitional an internaitionally-kent celebrities, an is well-kent locally as a cradle o important muisickers o jazz an rock muisic groups. Gustavo Santaolalla, Javier an Walter Malosetti (jazz), Ricardo Pellican, Los Piojos, MAM, Divididos, Feroz, Arcoiris, (Gustavo Santaolalla's baund), Los Caballeros de la Quema (some o its ex members) an Sumo's debut amangst ithers, hae aw livit or pairticipatit in the commonty.

Battle o Caseros eedit

In 1852 the aurie wis the steid o a important battle in Argentine history, the Battle o Caseros, atween the Airmy o Buenos Aires commandit bi Juan Manuel de Rosas an the Grand Airmy (Ejército Grande) led bi Justo José de Urquiza.

References eedit

  1. "Tributo al Dr. Erich Zeyen". Archived frae the original on 27 Januar 2008. Retrieved 15 Januar 2008. (in Spaingie)
  2. The Emergence of Modern Town Planning in Latin America – after a Historiographic Review – Arturo Almandoz: [1]


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