Villa Luro

Villa Luro
Barrio

Ramón Falcón Boulevard

Location of Villa Luro within Buenos Aires
Country  Argentina
Autonomous City Buenos Aires
Comuna C10
Area
  Total 2.6 km2 (1.0 sq mi)
Population
  Total 33,058
  Density 13,000/km2 (33,000/sq mi)
Time zone ART (UTC-3)

Villa Luro is a barrio (district) of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is located near the western end of the City of Buenos Aires.

The district owes its name to Dr. Pedro Luro, a prominent local physician and real-estate developer who, during the 1870s, sold most of his property in the area as residential lots. The neighborhood, which at the time was on the outskirts of the city, grew rapidly following the inaugural in 1911 of the Buenos Aires Western Railway's Villa Luro station (today a stop along the Sarmiento Line).

Santiago Chiérico's "La Cautiva", in Vicente Bellini Square.

The district's largest park, Plaza Ejército de los Andes, was opened in 1939. A defunct Western Railway line that divided the neighbourhood diagonally was converted into the Avenida del Justicialismo in 1951, and this avenue was in turn replaced by the Perito Moreno Expressway in 1980. Villa Luro is also accessible from downtown Buenos Aires (7 miles (11 km) to the east) via Rivadavia Avenue, and the most of the high-rises in the largely low-density district were built along it. A more upscale section within the district, Villa Luro Hollywood, was later developed along Ramón Falcón Avenue one block south of Rivadavia Avenue.

Notable neighbourhood institutions include the Church and Institute of Our Lady of Perpetual Help (1911), the Valle Miñor Social Club (1928), the Villa Luro Association of Plastic Arts (2000), and the Alejandro Olmos Cultural Center (2009).

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Coordinates: 34°38′S 58°30′W / 34.633°S 58.500°W / -34.633; -58.500

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