Comments on: Park Designer Park https://www.saltshaker.net/20080717/park-designer-park Casting a little flavor (and a few aspersions) on the world of food, drink, and life Tue, 25 Aug 2020 16:51:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 By: On Down the Museum Mile https://www.saltshaker.net/20080717/park-designer-park#comment-211268 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 12:51:23 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=921#comment-211268 […] a strange little building, standing alone in a field next to Carlos Thays Park. When I came up to the front door there was a young man inside mopping the floor, he came over and […]

]]> By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Supremes - Tracks 3 & 7 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080717/park-designer-park#comment-170752 Tue, 30 Sep 2008 15:39:56 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=921#comment-170752 […] at one point, the Spanish Embassy was located to one side of the plaza. The park, designed by Carlos Thays, and clearly at one time quite beautiful, was designed as the “southern botanical […]

]]> By: SaltShaker » Blog Archive » The Supremes - Track 2 https://www.saltshaker.net/20080717/park-designer-park#comment-168527 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:32:03 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=921#comment-168527 […] To the right, in a small point of land, two statues, the first that of San Martin de Tours himself, patron saint of France, soldiers, and the city of Buenos Aires, in classic pose astride a horse with a beggar reaching towards him in supplication. At the top of the point, alongside famed cafe La Biela, is a statue to former police chief Ramón Falcon, whose story I covered in a post on Parque Carlos Thays… […]

]]> By: Bob https://www.saltshaker.net/20080717/park-designer-park#comment-146419 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 13:26:58 +0000 https://www.saltshaker.net/?p=921#comment-146419 “Se es mas feliz viviendo en una cabana dentro de un parque que en un palacio sin jardin.”

Siempre lo creía, pero la oportunidad no se presentaba. Es el anhelo que juro que voy a realizar.

]]>