El Palomar is a city in Greater Buenos Aires in Argentina, at approximate coordinates 34°32′30″S, 58°36′55″W. Gran Buenos Aires or Greater Buenos Aires is the metropolitan area next to the city of Buenos Aires and comprises the following 24 partidos (administrative subdivisions) of the Province of Buenos Aires. ...

The city has the peculiarity of being divided between the partidos of Tres de Febrero and Morón. Of its 74,751 inhabitants (2001 census [INDEC]), 57,146 live within Morón jurisdiction and 17,605 live in Tres de Febrero. Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. ... Location in Greater Buenos Aires Barrios of the Buenos Aires urban area: Tres de Febrero: 6 Tres de Febrero is a central partido of the Greater Buenos Aires conurbation area in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Morón is a partido (county) of the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Image:1870 census Lindauer Weber 01. ... National Statistics and Censuses Institute (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is the Argentine government agency responsible for the collection and processing of statistical data. ...

Ciudad Jardín, Lomas del Palomar

Map of Ciudad Jardin

Plaza Plate on a cold wintery Sunday morning

Estación Palomar. The railroad influenced the development of Ciudad Jardín, Lomas del Palomar

Within El Palomar is located Ciudad Jardín, Lomas del Palomar, an unusual, colorful, socially mixed and lively neighbourhood of about 6,650 families in an area of 2.4 km². Inspired by the Garden city movement, its layout is designed on a pedestrian scale with compact residential areas made up of tile roofed row style and free standing chalets in tree-lined streets and boulevards. There are three arcaded three-storey residential-commercial plazas (town squares) with central greenery, children playgrounds, fountains and surrounded by shops, pubs and al-fresco dining restaurants. The layout was developed to place cultural facilities, schools, churches, clubs and parks, mixed and within walking distance of housing areas. It is served by two railway lines, the Ferrocarril General San Martín and Ferrocarril General Urquiza, which provide easy access to the Capital about 20 kilometres away. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (755x667, 237 KB) Peronal Illustration I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (755x667, 237 KB) Peronal Illustration I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x612, 466 KB) Fotografía de Adrián Cambiasso, cargada con permiso. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (800x612, 466 KB) Fotografía de Adrián Cambiasso, cargada con permiso. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Ebenezer Howards 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question Where will the people go?, the choices being Town, Country or Town-Country The garden city movement is an approach to urban planning that was founded in 1898 by Ebenezer Howard in England. ... Mapa del Ferrocarril General San Martín Ferrocarril General San Martín (FCGSM), named afer the former Argentine general José de San Martín, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Peróns nationisation of the entire Argentine railway network in 1948. ... Ferrocarril General Urquiza (FCGU), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Peróns nationisation of the entire Argentine railway network in 1948. ...

The influential Argentinian professor of engineering, Carlos M. Della Paolera, founder of “Día Mundial del Urbanismo” (World Urbanism Day), has praised Ciudad Jardín as the first Garden City in South America. Inaugurated in 1944, Ciudad Jardín was conceived by Doctor Erich Zeyen, a German emigrant who arrived in 1929 with the idea of creating a Garden City that offerd a balance of urban life with green spaces, a city within a city. It has been recognized and mentioned in publications on urban planning on a world-wide level ^[1] . The international organization for World Urbanism Day , known as World Town Planning Day in USA, was founded in 1949 by the late Professor Carlos Maria della Paolera of the University of Buenos Aires to advance public and professional interest in planning. ...

Ciudad Jardín is a community that has endured the passage of time and modernism gracefully. However, at present, citizens are debating whether a highway with direct links to an expressway should be built. There is a general concern that the proposal would ruin the community's character and put it in jeopardy. It is argued that a much better approach would be to improve the run down commuter rail line that runs parallel to the proposed highway.

Rock'n Roll City

Ciudad Jardín has produced national and internationally-known celebrities, and is well-known locally as a cradle of important musicians of jazz and rock music groups. Gustavo Santaolalla, Javier and Walter Mallosetti (jazz), Ricardo Pellican, Los Piojos, MAM, Divididos, Arcoiris (Gustavo Santaolalla's band), Los Caballeros de la Quema (some of its ex members) and Sumo's début amongst others, have all lived or participated in the community. Gustavo A. Santaolalla (b. ... Los Piojos are a rock band from Argentina, highly popular, and one of the seminal bands of the 1990s argentine suburban rock movement. ... Sumo was a 1980s rock and reggae band from Argentina. ...

See also

• World Urbanism Day
• Urbanism
• Garden city movement
• Living street
• Gartenstadt (in the German speaking Wikipedia)

The international organization for World Urbanism Day , known as World Town Planning Day in USA, was founded in 1949 by the late Professor Carlos Maria della Paolera of the University of Buenos Aires to advance public and professional interest in planning. ... Urbanism is the study of cities - their geographic, economic, political, social and cultural environment, and the imprint of all these forces on the built environment. ... Ebenezer Howards 3 magnets diagram which addressed the question Where will the people go?, the choices being Town, Country or Town-Country The garden city movement is an approach to urban planning that was founded in 1898 by Ebenezer Howard in England. ... German Woonerf or living street (Dan Burden) A living street (also known as a home zone, and by the Dutch name woonerf) is a street in which, unlike in most streets, the needs of car drivers are secondary to the needs of users of the street as a whole. ...

References

1. ^ The Emergence of Modern Town Planning in Latin America – after a Historiographic Review – Arturo Almandoz: [1]

External links

• www.guiapalomar.com Photos
• www.guiapalomar.com official site