Justice
Buenos Aires's Waterfront 'Youth District' Stirs Debate
Argentina’s capital hopes to revitalize part of its riverfront, but critics say the plan is socially exclusive, too commercial, and environmentally risky.
“Buenos Aires gives its back to the Rio de la Plata. It never looks at it; it doesn’t know that it exists,” complained the architect Le Corbusier in 1929, when he proposed to relocate the core of Buenos Aires closer to the river.
Almost a century later, Buenos Aires is finally listening to his advice. But distrust and uncertainty surround a major new project that aims to integrate a long stretch of the riverfront into the city.