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Nueva Chicago
Nueva Chicago can mean: * the Mataderos barrio of Buenos Aires, which is also called Nueva Chicago, or * the Club Atlético Nueva Chicago football club, which is based there See also * New Chicago (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mataderos
Mataderos (Spanish for "slaughterhouses") is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood) in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the three ''barrios'' that make up the Comuna 9, alongside Liniers and Parque Avellaneda. Located in the south-west end of the city, it takes its name from the livestock market and various slaughterhouses located within it. History For much of its history, the area was a meeting point between the city and the countryside, and thus became a hub for rural commerce, and the main stop for gauchos inside city limits. Many famous ''payadas'' (improvised lyric contests) took place in the neighborhood bars. Mataderos is the site of the ''Mercado de Liniers'' (the National Cattle Ranchers' Market), established in 1900, where up to 50,000 cattle are sold weekly to supply the beef market for the Greater Buenos Aires area; its headquarters, an Italianate arcade completed in 1899, also houses the ''Museo de los Corrales Viejos'' (Old Corrals Museum). The courtyard facing the hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago
Club Atlético Nueva Chicago is an Argentine sports club based in Mataderos, a neighborhood in the west side of Buenos Aires, formerly called "Nueva Chicago". The club's nickname, ''El Torito'' ("The Little Bull") is an allusion to legendary 1930s boxer Justo Suárez, known as ''El Torito de Mataderos'' ("The Little Bull of Mataderos"). The club is mostly known for its football team, which currently plays in Primera B Nacional, the second division of the Argentine football league system. Other sports practised at the club are basketball, boxing, field hockey, futsal, handball, roller skating and volleyball. History On 1 July 1911, a group of young people aged 15 to 30 met in a public park (more specifically on the wooden bridge located in the corner of Tellier and Francisco Bilbao streets) to form a football team. The name chosen was "Los Unidos de Nueva Chicago", naming Pedro San Martín as president, along with Felipe Maglio as vice-president. The club's activities started on an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
