We went to see an exhibition at MALBA (the art museum in the swanky neighbourhood of Palermo Chico/ Barrio Norte) which was to celebrate 100 years since the birth of Horatio Coppola who took a lot of great cityscapes in the thirties, like this one...

One of the things that was striking about the pictures was the way that things haven't really changed, except in the North of the city where the skyscrapering has continued



In the poorer barrios in the south, La Boca or Barracas for example, there has been very little development so they still look like the same places... In the 30's there was a huge rush to develop the downtown area in BA and a lot of the commercial buildings date from then so they look the same and in places like Villa Crespo, our neck of the woods it's a strange mix of 1910 Spanish colonial and 1970 concrete with bars that haven't changed since they were built.


Oh, and my photo? That's what they brought to us in the cafe at MALBA when we asked for a couple of coffees. We've been advised to try the food there too but we'll be doing that tomorrow I think.  ¶ 1:43 PM