Parque Patricios is a ''

barrio ''Barrio'' () is a Spanish language, Spanish word that means "Quarter (urban subdivision), quarter" or "neighborhood". In the modern Spanish language, it is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g. residential, comm ...

'' located on the southern side of

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belonging to the fourth ''comuna''. Parque Patricios underwent a transformation during the beginning of the 1900s. The government moved the main slaughterhouse to

Mataderos Mataderos (Spanish for "slaughterhouses") is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the three ''barrios'' that make up the Comuna 9, alongside Liniers and Parque Avellaneda. Located in the south-west end of the cit ...

, removed refuse piles and the notorious trash incinerators ("la quema") and the cemetery used during the 1871 yellow fever epidemic, now Parque Ameghino. Parks, a zoo and hospitals were put in their place. Parque Patricios received its name from the park of the same name, designed by

Carlos Thays Carlos Thays (August 20, 1849 – January 31, 1934)Biog ...

, the French architect who designed many of the most distinctive parks in the north of the city including the

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and Bosques de Palermo. This barrio features many hospitals which treat patients from all parts of Argentina, as well as the notorious former Caseros Prison. It is also the home of

Club Atlético Huracán Club Atlético Huracán () is an Argentine sports club from the Parque Patricios neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is notable for its association football, football team, that currently plays in the Argentine Primera División, Primera Divi ...

, a First Division

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team, and their stadium Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó. Parque Patricios is bordered by the ''barrios'' of Barracas and Nueva Pompeya to the south; Constitución to the east; San Cristóbal to the north; and Boedo to the west. In more recent years, the area has received connections to Line H of the

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, in particular at Parque Patricios station, connecting it to the network for the first time. The headquarters of the Government of Buenos Aires were moved to Parque Patricios in 2015, as part of a strategy to drive economic growth in the south and lessen the economic divide with the north of the city. The building was designed by British architect

Norman Foster Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (born 1 June 1935) is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. Hi ...

.La nueva sede del Gobierno porteño, símbolo del cuidado ambiental
- Buenos Aires Ciudad, 3 April 2015.

Gallery

File:Duco-alcorta.jpg, Estadio Tomás Adolfo Ducó, home of

File:Monumento a las víctimas de la fiebre amarilla (Buenos Aires).jpg, Monument to the Victims of the 1871 Yellow Fever Epidemic File:Conjunto Rioja 1.jpg, Social Housing File:CCVA by elojoavizor.jpg, Casa Colectiva Valentín Alsina File:Admiramos.jpg, Interior of the Buenos Aires central government buildings File:Vent intakes.jpg, Air vents for Line H of the

References

External links

Parque Patricio´s blog
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