El Ateneo Grand Splendid
21/05/08 22:04 Filed in: Argentina | Buenos Aires
On the way home this afternoon I walked most of the way along Avenida Santa Fé. El Ateneo Grand Splendid at 1860 Santa Fé is a quite wonderful bookshop.
Situated in a converted theatre with many original restored features one can take coffee in the old stage area or sit and browse in one of the boxes. I could spend hours in this shop.
It just shows what can be done with a redundant building and some imagination.
My photographs do not do it justice. This video does a fine job.
Later in the evening I went back into town to see John Mayall in concert at the Teatro Gran Rex. It was an excellent show and the audience were very animated. They really do like their performers here.
Situated in a converted theatre with many original restored features one can take coffee in the old stage area or sit and browse in one of the boxes. I could spend hours in this shop.
It just shows what can be done with a redundant building and some imagination.
My photographs do not do it justice. This video does a fine job.
Later in the evening I went back into town to see John Mayall in concert at the Teatro Gran Rex. It was an excellent show and the audience were very animated. They really do like their performers here.