Saavedra, Buenos Aires
The neighbourhood's most famous son is tango singer Roberto Goyeneche. Also, it was the cradle of Club Atlético Platense sports club. The main characters of Adolfo Bioy Casares's novel El Sueño de los Héroes (English: Dream of Heroes) live in Saavedra.
The interchange between the Autopista Panamericana and Avenida General Paz is at Saavedra's northern end. Points south were the site of extensive demolition during the late 1970s tenure of military-appointed Mayor Osvaldo Cacciatore, who planned a network of new expressways including one through Saavedra, one of the city's most residential barrios. Never built, the demolished stretch was converted into Avenida Roberto Goyeneche. Saavedra is also home to an important Philips manufacturing facility and shopping center "Dot Baires", opened in 2009, which is the city's largest. Its facilities include 10 movie theaters of Hoyts chain, occupying a surface area of 6,500 m and with a total of 2,500 seats.
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Saavedra Park -
Historical Museum of Buenos Aires Cornelio Saavedra -
Holy Family Parish Church -
Dot Baires Shopping -
Train station Luis María Saavedra -
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Intecons tower -
Vicuña Makenna Park -
Panamericana Plaza -
Saavedra Park (c. 1890)
External links
- (in Spanish) Saavedra community newspaper
- (in Spanish) Barrio de Saavedra facts
- (in Spanish) Barrio de Saavedra facts
- (in Spanish) history of Saavedra
- (in Spanish) Historical dates
References
- ^ La Nación: La autopista que no fué (in Spanish)
- ^ Se inaugura DOT Baires Shopping at Ciudad.com.ar, 22 Jun 2010
- ^ La Nación: Dot Buenos Aires (in Spanish)
- ^ El shopping Dot Baires, con problemas desde antes de ser inaugurado on Perfil.com, 7 Dec 2012
