Comments on: A Day Along the Park

By: The Federalist Papers 2

The Federalist Papers 2 — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:56:24 +0000

[…] different view of the arch of the pedestrian/bicycle crossover that I mentioned/crossed in my walk along Av. Alcorta and the 3 de Febrero […]

By: dan

dan — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 11:26:33 +0000

In reply to Katie. Yup, we know each other, though I don't think I ever saw the trees blog.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:03:03 +0000

I found out about that look-up tool from fellow expat Beatrice Murch - perhaps you know her. She has a blog called Trees of Buenos Aires, which sadly she doesn't update any longer. Nonetheless, it has some nice photos and information about the city's trees.

By: dan

dan — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:03:37 +0000

In reply to Katie.

I thought they looked a little too tree-like, but they’re on the street labeled Via de los Ombúes, and so I asked one of the security guys standing around there at the water plant and he assured me they were. That’s such a cool look-up tool – the street is apparently almost all Plane trees with, at the far ends, white ash trees. Not a single ombú. And he seemed so pleased that I asked….

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 15:27:32 +0000

Hi Dan,

Beautiful photos from your walk! I particularly like the one of the Club de Gimnasia. What an elegant building.

If you’ll permit me a correction, the trees in your second-to-last photo are not ombú trees. I believe they are actually plane trees (Platanus acerifolia). You can double check by visiting this site run by the City of Buenos Aires: http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/areas/med_ambiente/Arbolado/buscar.php