en la cuidad
April 8, 2013
Back in the capital after days in more remote and rural areas – Patagonia and El Calafate in Santa Cruz (posts to follow) – the panorama from Sinclair 3168 takes in the Rey Fahd mosque with the Campo Argentino de Polo beyond. I had forgotten how the street trees are so imposing, also giving shade and the canopies giving a little breeze as well as adding something organic to the city fabric. Planes, acacias, tipa, jacaranda and limes plus other more exotic species line the pavements . . . .
. . . trees accentuate the cross axes and the junctions in Palermo Viejo, with their canopies spreading over the street cafes, bars and restaurants.
The facades of buildings, both old and new, are quite particular. I like the mix of some to revere and a few to smile at and with.
Tomorrow, a closer look at wall art , more decorative and with a narrative than graffiti, and the Parque de la Memoria.
At the crossroads of Calle Gurruchaga, we stopped for a while and watched the local clown perform and entertain – great fun . . . .
. . . and then back to sleep in a decent bed – bliss after nights on buses – and last glimpse at the city closing down – looks quite delicious. Too tired to write any more so leave Borges to finish off.
The forms in my dreams have changed;
now there are red houses side by side
and the delicate bronze of the leaves
and chaste winter and pious wood.
As on the seventh day, the world
is good. In the twilight there persists
what’s almost non-existent, bold, sad,
an ancient murmur of Bibles, war.
Soon (they say) the first snow will fall
America waits for me on every street,
but I feel in the decline of evening
today so long, and yesterday so brief
Buenos Aires, I go journeying
your streets, without time or reason. Borges New England 1967
