Buenos Aires, Argentina - Avenida De Mayo - Undivided Back Postcard 1902, Stamps
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:2890250 | Type: Printed |
| Country/ Region/ City: Argentina | Number of Items: Single |
| Period: Pre - 1914 | Size: Standard (140x89mm) |
Postcard Picture / Image: Avenida de Mayo. Argentina - undivided back postcardPublisher: Boote & Ca, Buenos AiresPostally used: yesStamp: Argentina 3c orangePostmark(s): Expedicion Cordoba 1 Mar 1902 cdsSent to: Mrs., O'Brien, Doustead House, Packeridge, Herts., EnglandNotes / condition: Please ask if you need any other information and I will do the best I can to answer.Image may be low res for illustrative purposes - if you need a hi...gher definition image then please contact me and I may be able to send one. No cards have been trimmed (unless stated).------------------------------------------------Postage & Packing: Postage and packing charge should be showing for your location (contact if not sure).No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. Please wait for combined invoice. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying). Payment Methods:UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal orderOutside UK: PayPal ONLY (unless otherwise stated) please. NO non-UK currency checks or money orders (sorry).NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp! I will give a full refund if you are not fully satisfied with the postcard.----------------------------------------------Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not work) :************* May Avenue (Spanish: Avenida de Mayo) is an avenue in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina. It connects the Plaza de Mayo with Congressional Plaza, and extends 1.5 km (0.93 mi) in a west-east direction before merging into Rivadavia Avenue.Built on an initiative by Mayor Torcuato de Alvear, work began in 1885 and was completed in 1894. The avenue is often compared with La Gran Vía in Madrid, although the Spanish avenue was built later (1910). It is also compared to those in Paris or Barcelona due to its sophisticated buildings of art nouveau, neoclassic and eclectic styles. The avenue was named in honor of the May Revolution of 1810 (the event that led to Argentine Independence). The site of the assembly that touched off the revolution (the Buenos Aires Cabildo) was partially demolished in 1888 to make way for the avenue's entry into Plaza de Mayo, ironically. The avenue's layout, built through existing urban blocks instead of via the widening of a parallel street, was designed by the Municipal public Works Director, Juan Antonio Buschiazzo. Buschiazzo was also commissioned to design a number of the buildings along the avenue (among them, City Hall) after Mayor Miguel Cané enacted strict architectural zoning laws for the area facing the new thoroughfare. The recession caused by the Panic of 1890 led to delays and a rollback of many of the more ornate plans for the avenue, which was inaugurated on July 9, 1894 (the 78th anniversary of Independence).Mayor Cané's strict regulations initially governed architecture along the 30 m (99 ft)-wide avenue, which limited the height of real estate facing it to 24 m (79 ft). The Barolo Tower was the first to be granted an exception to this and since then, numerous office buildings have been built in excess of these stipulations (though they remain largely an exception). The Avenida de Mayo was the site of the first Buenos Aires Metro stations; opened in 1913, these were the first outside the United States or Europe. The avenue itself underwent its only significant alteration in 1937, when two blocks were demolished to make way for the perpendicular Avenida 9 de Julio (then the widest in the world). Seeking to halt future demolitions along the avenue, Decree 437/97 of the National Executive Branch declared the Avenue a National Historic Site in 1997 and, as a result, the aesthetics of the buildings, billboards, and marquees could not be changed. Any modifications must be approved by the National Commission of Monuments and Historic Sites (Comisión Nacional de Monumentos y Lugares Históricos). [1]
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