This June, our traditional San Cristóbal neighborhood celebrates its anniversary. Founded on 1869, the place has been a scenario of historical events for 142 years. Its first and main construction was the San Cristóbal Church (naming the neighborhood), soon surrounded by country houses and farms. Nowadays, buildings and houses fill this place near Downtown Buenos Aires.
The neighborhood is delimited by the Avenues Independencia, Entre Ríos, Juan de Garay and Sánchez de Loria Street. San Cristobal is a place where different communities converge with notable bars and popular cinemas (as the “Select” in San Juan Avenue). It is also one of the tango-related neighborhoods; Gardel was born here as well as some other tango poets and singers.
Among its curiosities is that of being the smallest neighborhood of our city (just 125 squares). It is crossed by the “25 de Mayo Highway” and it’s a place for religious pluralism as it houses temples of the four main creeds (Catholic, Hebrew, Muslim and Budist).
Among the outstanding spots you may visit are: the “San Cristóbal Church”, neo gothic styled (1241 Jujuy Avenue), the “Water Deposit Historical Building” (1441 Entre Ríos Avenue), the “Great Mesquite” (3053 San Juan Avenue), the “Miramar Bar” where great figures of tango as Gardel or Canaro used to share their evenings (1999 San Juan Avenue) and the “House of poet and writer Homero Manzi” (Juan de Garay Avenue and Danel Street).
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