The tall, neon-lit sign spelling Banchero sits above a corner entrance, marking a place where the tradition of fugazza con queso began. In nineteen thirty-two, the son of Genoese immigrant Agustin Banchero opened this shop, serving a…
La Boca Immigrant Conventillos
This walk leads you through the brightly painted metal tenements of La Boca, where 19th-century Italian immigrants forged Buenos Aires's tango culture and legendary soccer passion.
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1. Banchero
2. Conventillo de Nelly Museo y Centro Cultural
The Conventillo de Nelly stands out with its facade of corrugated iron painted in bright, mismatched blues, reds, and yellows. These tenements, or conventillos, were built in the late nineteenth century to house waves of European…
3. Estadio Alberto J Armando
The Estadio Alberto J Armando, better known as La Bombonera, rises out of the dense neighborhood of La Boca as a steep, rectangular wall of blue and yellow steel and concrete. Unlike traditional bowl-shaped stadiums, three of its sides are…
4. Museo Conventillo de Marjan Grum
The Museo Conventillo de Marjan Grum stands out for its facade painted in intense, clashing shades of red, blue, and yellow. This building is a preserved example of the tenement houses where thousands of immigrants lived upon arriving in…
5. Caminito
The Caminito is a short, curved street paved with cobblestones and lined with corrugated iron houses painted in clashing, vibrant primary colors. It follows the path of an old creek that once fed into the Riachuelo river. In the nineteen…
6. Benito Quinquela Martín Museum
The Benito Quinquela Martín Museum stands out for its bold, monochromatic facade painted in bright, flat colors that echo the ship hulls once docked in the nearby Riachuelo. This building was the artist's own home and studio, which he…