The city of Buenos Aires, founded twice along the Rio de la Plata, grew with its back to it and suffered the same changes and ups and downs as its policy. Some buildings were demolished and rebuilt up to three times (including the Teatro Colon and the Government House) with other building fees that were first colonial, then italic and finally French, this at the beginning of the 20th century according to the ideas of the architects of French schools, excited by the dictates of the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris that built the great boulevards and buildings of that city. Rivadavia Avenue, a road for carts, linked Plaza de Mayo with the far west towards Flores. During the yellow fever epidemic in 1870, wealthy people sought refuge in the highlands, including Flores, a summer resort, linked to the city by the Western Railway. In 1876 the Anglo Argentina company built one of the first horse-drawn trams on that Rivadavia street. The economic prosperity of the 1880s produced a huge expansion of the city and its surroundings. New buildings, businesses flourished. The city wants to stop being "the great village". Although the corner of Medrano and Rivadavia is only 4 km from Plaza de Mayo, it was a place "where the devil lost his poncho." A confectionery was installed there, with golden spiders and Italian marbles. On the day of the inauguration, on September 21, 1884, until Minister Carlos Peregrine, future president of the country, was present transported by a special tram accompanied by many of his distinguished friends. Its tables were a meeting place for artists and writers including Roberto Art and politicians of the time. But it is around the 1920s when the current building was constructed. With its stained glass windows and doors, curved French windows and Italian marble floors. The restored stained glass windows were conceived to adorn and brighten the pleasant atmosphere of a cafe of those times, where people were going to spend moments of recreation in a select area. The building was declared "Historic Place of the City" in 1998 by the Legislature of the City of Buenos Aires.
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