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$ Estatua del<br />
Quijote<br />
Miguel Cervántes’ grandiose<br />
anti-hero Don<br />
Quixote is cast here in<br />
mid-gallop in dramatic<br />
bronze on a white<br />
stone base.<br />
% Ex-Ministry of<br />
Public Works<br />
This hulking 1936 federal<br />
building was the only<br />
Avenida structure spared<br />
demolition besides the<br />
French Embassy.<br />
^ Estación<br />
Constitución<br />
After a six-year<br />
restoration, this 1887<br />
Beaux Arts structure<br />
(above) is the city’s<br />
grandest train station.<br />
) Plazoleta Cataluña<br />
(<br />
Plazoleta Cataluña is distinguished by a Ramblastyle<br />
fountain lamp gifted by Barcelona’s governors<br />
and French chateau-style tromp l’oeil treatment.<br />
Mansión Alzaga<br />
Unzué<br />
The Louis XIII-style<br />
Alzaga Unzué (left), built<br />
in 1919 for an aristocratic<br />
porteño family, is today<br />
an annex of the Four<br />
Seasons hotel (see p112).<br />
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Calle Levalle & Levalle’s eastern<br />
section is lined with<br />
bingo parlors, second-run<br />
movie houses, and<br />
chintzy restaurants. It<br />
exudes a gaudy charm,<br />
especially after nightfall.<br />
* Museo de Arte<br />
Hispanoamericano<br />
Isaac Fernández<br />
Blanco<br />
This Neo-Colonial style<br />
mansion (above) houses<br />
the Fernández Blanco<br />
collection of colonial<br />
Latin American ecclesiastical<br />
art and antiquities.<br />
An Avenida Amble<br />
Start at the Obelisco<br />
and move northward up<br />
Carlos Pellegrini. Take a<br />
tour or check out performances<br />
at the Teatro<br />
Colón, followed by a<br />
bite at the Petit Colón<br />
confitería (see p57).<br />
Walk beyond the French<br />
Embassy to the Plaza<br />
Cataluña before heading<br />
into the Recoleta along<br />
Avenida Alvear.<br />
<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong> 21
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