<ÍRITU IT WAS
THE FIRST APARTMENT TOWER, IN ADDITION TO BEING FOR YEARS THE
TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN LATIN AMERICA. ITS WALLS MAINTAIN A
SIMPLE GEOMETRY, BUT ITS FOUNDATIONS HOLD VOLUPTUOUS EMOTIONS.
OPENED
IN 1936 THE KAVANAGH BECAME THE TALLEST SKYSCRAPER IN SOUTH AMERICA
AND THE FIRST APARTMENT BUILDING WITH CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING,
SWIMMING POOL AND GYM, AMONG OTHER LUXURIES FOR THE TIME. YOUR
120 METERS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE IN STEPS WITH A GARDEN
TERRACES, BETWEEN FLORIDA AND SAN MARTIN STREETS, WERE DECLARED
BY UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE
MODERNITY.
HOWEVER, BEHIND HIS RATIONALIST STYLE, THERE IS A
HISTORY FULL OF PASSIONS AND EXCESSES.
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ACCORDING TO
THE URBAN MYTH, CORINA KAVANAGH, A WEALTHY WOMAN BUT WITHOUT LINEAGE,
BUILT THE TOWER TO TAKE REVENGE ON ONE OF THE MORE FAMILIES
TRADITIONAL OF THE COUNTRY, THE ANCHORENA. APPARENTLY THE ROMANCE BETWEEN
HER DAUGHTER AND ONE OF THE YOUNG MEN WITH AN ILLUSTRIOUS SURNAME ENDED BECAUSE
IT WAS NEVER ACCEPTED BY THE PATRICIAN CASTE. THE "NEW RICH",
THEN, IN THE FACE OF SUCH A SLIGHT, HE CONTINUED HIS SYMBOLIC REVENGE. LEARN MORE ABOUT THE STORIES THAT BUENOS AIRES HIDES WITH TANGOL TOURS, CLICK HERE & NBSP ;
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AT THAT TIME, THE ANCHORENAS LIVED IN THE PALACE WHERE THEY CURRENTLY
IS THE CHANCELLERY (IN FRONT OF PLAZA SAN MARTÍN IN THE
RETIRO NEIGHBORHOOD) AND FROM THEIR WINDOWS THEY COULD SEE THE TOMB
FAMILY WHERE HIS ANCESTORS LAY: THE BASILICA OF THE HOLY
SACRAMENT. CORINA, SMART AND PROUD, BOUGHT THE LOTS IN FRONT
TO THE CHURCH AND ORDERED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. THE ONLY ORDER THAT
HE DID TO THE ARCHITECTS WAS THAT THE WORK COVERED THE TEMPLE. TODAY,
IN ORDER TO SEE THE FACADE OF THE CHURCH YOU HAVE TO STAND IN THE PASSAGE
CORINA KAVANAGH, WHO ALSO BELONGS TO THE CONSTRUCTION.