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The Ultimate Day in Buenos Aires: Part 1 

Words and Photos by Matt Dursum If you had 24 hours in the 15th largest city in the world, what would you do? Today I’m setting off to discover if an ultimate day is even possible in Buenos Aires. For a city so massive, with hundreds of world-famous museums, restaurants, bookstores, and cafes, not to mention the worlds of Tango, Milonga, and Rock Nacional—all contained within 48 distinct neighborhoods or barrios; it’s a task for…

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Neighborhood Profile: Palermo, Buenos Aires Part 1

Photography by Samantha Demangate Polo, parks, gardens, and high-rise apartments are what many first-time visitors to Buenos Aires associate with the Palermo neighborhood. In reality, Palermo is all of this, and so much more. Palermo is the largest of Buenos Aires’s 48 neighborhoods. The once sleepy, middle-class barrio became riddled with creative entrepreneurs, entertainers, restaurateurs, baristas, and other individuals, art collectives, and businesses that bolstered its ascension into hipsterdom.  Like every other corner of Buenos…

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