Abasto de Buenos Aires
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The Abasto de Buenos Aires was the central fruit and vegetable wholesale market in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires from 1893 to 1984 . The building has been used as a shopping center since 1999. The surrounding area, a district of Balvanera , is also known as Abasto among the locals .
history
Towards the end of the 19th century, Buenos Aires grew very rapidly due to the large number of European immigrants. After the demolition of the Mercado Modelo near the Plaza de los Dos Congresos , the Devoto brothers promised on August 16, 1888 to build a new market on a plot of land in Balvanera that they had purchased in 1875. This property was near a line operated by the Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino railway company and halfway between La Boca and Olivos , both of which are important locations for growing fruit and vegetables in the region.
The city government accepted the Devoto's building application on November 29, 1888 and decided to build a 25,000 m² Mercado Central de Abasto between Avenida Corrientes , Lavalle Street, Anchorena Street and Laprida Street. The market was reserved for the sale of fruit, vegetables and other foods, except meat.
The market traders of the old Mercado Modelo then founded the Sociedad Anónima Mercado de Abasto Proveedor (Anonymous Society of Abasto Market Traders) in 1889 . The latter bought the land and the concession to build the Abasto market from the Devoto brothers. Construction began shortly after the then mayor, Francisco Seeber, approved the sale. On April 1, 1893, the first section with an area of 1,300 m² was inaugurated.
Ten years later, a cold store and an ice cream factory were opened to meet the hygiene standards of the time. With the increasing population and buyer demand, the construction of a parking lot for horses and vehicles became necessary. In 1928 an annex was added for retailers between Guardia Vieja, Lavalle, Gallo and Bustamante streets.
The increasing number of customers led to an overcrowding of the city's markets, so that the architects José Luis Delpini, Viktor Sulčič and Raúl Bes designed a new market hall for Abasto. Construction began on December 28, 1931 and ended in 1934. The new Abasto market had an area of 44,000 m², access to the subway and an underground car park. From 1939 the sale of fish and meat was also permitted in Abasto.
On October 14, 1984, the Abasto market moved to what is now Mercado Central outside the city and the old market halls were closed and neglected. A project to convert the Abasto into a shopping center was only initiated in the mid-1990s. In 1996 the building was sold to the IRSA, which restored the building inside and outside or converted it according to the new requirements. In 1999 the Abasto shopping center was opened.
Trivia
The only kosher McDonald’s restaurant outside of Israel is located in the Abasto shopping center in Buenos Aires .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Review of McDonald's Kosher Restaurant in Buenos Aires. Frommer's, accessed January 22, 2011 .
- ↑ Kosher. McDonald's - Argentina, accessed January 22, 2011 .
Coordinates: 34 ° 36 ′ 13 ″ S , 58 ° 24 ′ 39 ″ W.