The square formed by the streets Corrientes, Lavalle, Callao and Riobamba is crossed by a traditional little street of Buenos Aires: the Enrique Santos Discepolo passage. Formerly known as Rauch Street, this passage was redesigned in 2005 and renamed after one of the greatest tango poets. The walk is a chance to approach a street full of history, which keeps an amazing architectural and cultural patrimony.
In this simple zigzagging passage you’ll find a number of attractions. Among those of architectural value are the Banco Mercantil Argentino building and one of the first schools of our city (the Number 9 school, 1884). There’s an old warehouse which housed the “Teatro del Picadero”, an avant-garde and provocative space of the Porteño underground scene, mysteriously burned by a fire 30 years ago.
The curious design of the passage won’t let you see the whole picture: a pronounced curve block the view of its extremes. This strange layout is due to the Oeste Railroad which made its way there many years ago. Through this tiny street passed “The Porteña”, the locomotive that made the first trip in Argentina, back in 1857. Today, fully renewed, the passage offers many bars (one of them with a cultural space which tributes Discepolo).
In front of the passage, in the corner of Callao Avenue and Lavalle Street you can visit the historic bar “Los Galgos”, where the poet spent many nights writing his verses. This famous bar also received outstanding tango figures –as the large accordionist Aníbal Troilo-; and politicians as the ex-President Arturo Frondizi. Santos Discepolo passage: a short walk full of history which Hostel Colonial recommends you.
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