Myths and legends of the street Rioja Here I present the second part of the history of the street Rioja, where we get into the myths, legends and anecdotes to keep this street people.
Like any social space, Calle La Rioja is made up of many stories and many stories that reconstruct its history through what they have neighbors, which reflect their buildings and all the symbolic story that unfolds over the route. Going from Avenida Corrientes to the Paraná River, we review these discursive elements starting with the club Bartolomé Mitre, who was and still is a renowned sports institution at the provincial level and over the years became one of the centers for social gatherings there were parties, carnivals, etc. Continuing our way we probably soon most important symbolic cultural element of all La Rioja, San Martín Square. This is a colorful space, surrounded by native vegetation, games for children, a monument to San Martín, a place to skate and other elements that shape it and give family and cultural dye. They bring together school children and parents with their children, people leaving work and eat there, artisans, chippers and even part of one of the city at the time of demonstrations, speeches, campaigns, etc..
few blocks to the side of the river, in La Rioja and Columbus, we came to the Polo shop the story contains more sympathetic than our respondents told us. It turns out that many years ago there was an old rustic house built with bricks and mud set, such was its historical representation that the mayor's office decided to declare Historical and Cultural City. But owners who occasionally went to the scene, they saw no benefit in this economic situation as the day after the announcement quickly began to destroy what was no longer property, but a source of income (commercial , offices, etc.). The truth is that this house is not completely lost as they are still retains a stone that was part of it and you can see on a stand that goes almost unnoticed inches from the corner. This is one of the events that we believe can not forget the street so funny and also historic because this stone is also some way to all the old houses that are no longer and only remain in memory neighbors.
few meters later, we find a building that until recently was occupied by the intransigent party and lived moments of political importance, but today is no more and there is an art academy. Between Buenos Aires and Rivadavia arrive at one of the buildings that marked the history of the street because it was housed inside one of the largest newspapers in the region, territory, and since the late '70 EBY houses. Both one and the other assumed various forms of social interaction, the first from a blackboard placed in the path that the latest reported received and warned the neighbors by firecrackers that were new to read, and the second transformed into an area of \u200b\u200bdispute between the bi-national institution and relocated.
On the other hand, more and more near the Paraná, we find a place that once was the first woodworking and furniture of the city fifty years ago ago, began this venture Vuotto family that gave so many returns. And a few meters away, on the corner of La Rioja and February 3, we find the most important story we heard, the murder of poet and journalist Manuel Antonio Ramírez.
After walking across La Rioja, we identified the largest concentration symbolic one located between Ayacucho and San Luis. There senses are mixed between state and private education (Institute School Number 1 and Antonio Ruiz de Montoya) media (Channel 12), the attempt of political interaction with the M-Bya Guarani community (Council of Elders and Chiefs ) and the city as circulation space, recreation, entertainment, etc. (Plaza San Martín). The stories, the symbols mentioned above, get richer with political figures and their relatives arising from this street and that residents are responsible for stress and inserted into the speech, in some cases we have the strength of a neighbor who has known but at the same time with some discomfort to their management. Thus came the grandparents of former Gov. Carlos Rovira, the Iturrieta, Miguel Angel Alterach and out of politics, the grandfather of the famous tennis player José "Chucho" Acasuso. And on the other hand, one of the facts that we noticed was that several neighbors proudly told us "our street has its assassinations", referring to Ramirez and also the famous murder of Mr. Valdez, husband of the notary García.