Comments on: 093. historic photo 2 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102 Documenting Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:29:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Robert http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-4034 Robert Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:38:17 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-4034 Hopefully I'll find a copy myself one day! The photography is priceless. Saludos! Hopefully I’ll find a copy myself one day! The photography is priceless. Saludos!

]]> By: Jose Luis http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-4031 Jose Luis Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:22:45 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-4031 "The Tail of the Hemisphere - Chile & Argentina” by Frank G. Carpenter is a wonderful master piece of sound description of the social, economic and historical situation in those countries. I have the leather bounded publication and will treasured it for many years to come. “The Tail of the Hemisphere – Chile & Argentina” by Frank G. Carpenter is a wonderful master piece of sound description of the social, economic and historical situation in those countries. I have the leather bounded publication and will treasured it for many years to come.

]]> By: Asado Argentina » From The Past: Modern Argentina, the El Dorado of to-day http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-224 Asado Argentina » From The Past: Modern Argentina, the El Dorado of to-day Thu, 14 Feb 2008 20:51:42 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-224 [...] The Tail of the Hemisphere - Chile & Argentina” by Frank G. Carpenter (You can view a photo from it here), I’ve developed an interest in how Argentina was viewed, in the days of old, by travelers, [...] [...] The Tail of the Hemisphere – Chile & Argentina” by Frank G. Carpenter (You can view a photo from it here), I’ve developed an interest in how Argentina was viewed, in the days of old, by travelers, [...]

]]> By: Robert http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-136 Robert Thu, 17 Jan 2008 22:16:03 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-136 Marc - There is so little travel photography from that time, so it becomes an incredible resource... a snapshot of the era. I'll see if I can find a copy for sale online & have a friend ship it to BsAs. But that's not to say there aren't errors. His last quote you listing could never be true. All the tall buildings downtown from the 1890s wouldn't be there because the streets are only 3-cars wide! But that's ok... I like it more for the view during the heydey of BA. Thanks again! Marc – There is so little travel photography from that time, so it becomes an incredible resource… a snapshot of the era. I’ll see if I can find a copy for sale online & have a friend ship it to BsAs.

But that’s not to say there aren’t errors. His last quote you listing could never be true. All the tall buildings downtown from the 1890s wouldn’t be there because the streets are only 3-cars wide! But that’s ok… I like it more for the view during the heydey of BA.

Thanks again!

]]> By: Marc http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-135 Marc Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:57:52 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-135 The book is a fantastic read and I think there are quite a few editions for sale online for cheap. (It's in Google Books but you can only see excerpts of what you search for) You really get to see the mentality, expectations, and speculations at the time--well through his eyes. I don't think the book could have been written at a better time. "The Avenida de Mayo was nothing a few years ago. It has now an almost even skyline of six-story palaces, with bay windows running from pavement to roof." If you do a "then and now" I'll pass along some architectual exerpts, but I'm sure you already know most of them through all of your research. "The building regulations are strict. As no structure can be higher than the width of the street upon which it stands" The book is a fantastic read and I think there are quite a few editions for sale online for cheap. (It’s in Google Books but you can only see excerpts of what you search for) You really get to see the mentality, expectations, and speculations at the time–well through his eyes. I don’t think the book could have been written at a better time.

“The Avenida de Mayo was nothing a few years ago. It has now an almost even skyline of six-story palaces, with bay windows running from pavement to roof.”

If you do a “then and now” I’ll pass along some architectual exerpts, but I’m sure you already know most of them through all of your research.

“The building regulations are strict. As no structure can be higher than the width of the street upon which it stands”

]]> By: Robert http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-134 Robert Thu, 17 Jan 2008 10:23:19 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-134 I'll have to search for more historic pix of the cemetery. Too bad all those trees have been replaced by high-rise apartments. I’ll have to search for more historic pix of the cemetery. Too bad all those trees have been replaced by high-rise apartments.

]]> By: Mom http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-133 Mom Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:34:01 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-133 I very much like "the dead sleep in little marble palaces." Great picture. Look at all those huge trees in the background. I very much like “the dead sleep in little marble palaces.” Great picture. Look at all those huge trees in the background.

]]> By: dan http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102&cpage=1#comment-132 dan Thu, 17 Jan 2008 02:49:37 +0000 http://www.recoletacemetery.com/?p=102#comment-132 That's really cool. Great glimpse back in time. That’s really cool. Great glimpse back in time.

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