Abasto de Buenos Aires
The Abasto de Buenos Aires was from 1893 to 1984 the central fruit and vegetable wholesale market in the Argentine capital Buenos Aires. Since 1999, the building serves as a shopping center. Also the surrounding area, a district of Balvanera, is known by the locals as Abasto.
History
Towards the end of the 19th century, Buenos Aires grew very rapidly due to the large number of European immigrants. After the demolition of the Mercado Modelo near the Plaza de los Dos Congresos the brothers Devoto promised on August 16, 1888 the construction of a new market on a plot in Balvanera which they had purchased in 1875. This land was located near a stretch of the railway company Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino and halfway between La Boca and Olivos, both important sites for the fruit and vegetable production in the region.
The city government accepted the planning application the Devotos on 29 November 1888, decided to build a Mercado Central de Abasto 25,000 m² between Avenida Corrientes, the Lavalle Street, Anchorena Street and Laprida Street. The market was the sale of fruits, vegetables and other foods except meat, reserved.
The market traders of the old Mercado Modelo Sociedad Anonima then founded 1889, the Mercado de Abasto Proveedor ( Anonymous Society of Abasto market dealer ). This bought by the brothers Devoto the country and the concession to build the Abasto market. The construction was begun shortly after the then-mayor Francisco Seeber agreeing the sale. On April 1, 1893, the first section was inaugurated with an area of 1,300 m².
Ten years later, a refrigerator and an ice factory were opened to meet the then standard of hygiene. With the increasing population and buyer demand the construction of a parking lot for horses and vehicles was necessary. In 1928, added an extension for retailers between the streets Guardia Vieja, Lavalle, Gallo and Bustamante.
The further increases in customer numbers led to overcrowding in the markets of the city, so that the architect José Luis Delpini, Viktor Sulčič and Raúl Bes designed a new market hall for Abasto. Construction began in 1931 and ended on 28 December 1934. Had The new Abasto market covers an area of 44,000 m², access to the subway and underground parking. From 1939, the sale of fish and meat were allowed in Abasto.
On October 14, 1984, the Abasto market moved to today's Mercado Central to outside the city and the old market halls were closed and neglected. It was not until the mid-1990s, a project to rebuild the Abasto was initiated in a shopping center. In 1996 the building was sold to IRSA, the building internally and externally restored and transformed according to the new needs. In 1999, the Abasto Shopping Mall was opened.
Trivia
In the Abasto Shopping Mall in Buenos Aires is the only kosher McDonald's outside of Israel.,