Torcuato de Alvear

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Torcuato de Alvear

Torcuato de Alvear y Saenz de la Quintanilla (born April 21, 1822 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † December 8, 1890 in Buenos Aires , Argentina ) was an Argentine politician and mayor of Buenos Aires.

Life

Torcuato de Alvear, who belonged to the Partido Autonomista Nacional , was the son of the soldier and statesman Carlos María de Alvear and father of Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear , who was President of Argentina from 1922 to 1928 .

In 1880 Buenos Aires was declared the Argentine capital. From December 4, 1880 to May 10, 1883, de Alvear was Presidente de la Comisión Municipal de Buenos Aires , from then until May 10, 1887 he was the city's first mayor. His main areas of activity were the improvement or expansion of the road network, water and electricity supply as well as local public transport, street lighting and other public services. The model for the urban planning activities de Alvear was the Paris of Baron Haussmann . He let u. a. create the Paseo de Julio, today the Avenida Leandro N. Alem and the Avenida Callao and also initiated the construction of the Avenida de Mayo , which he did not live to see completed in 1894. Other projects were the planting or the conversion of squares in the capital, including the Plaza de la Constitución and the Parque España .

De Alvear found his final resting place in La Recoleta Cemetery . The Plaza Intendente Alvear in the Recoleta district was named in his honor.

predecessor	Office	successor
none	Mayor of Buenos Aires 1883–1887	Antonio F. Crespo