Florida is a neighborhood in
Vicente López Partido
Vicente López is a partido in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is one of the country´s most affluent municipalities.
Vicente López is located 20 kilometers north of downtown Buenos Aires and 80 kilome ...
,
Buenos Aires Province,
Argentina
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. The community is a
suburb in the
Buenos Aires metropolitan area. In 2020 the population was estimated at 48,158, making it the second most populated neighborhood in Vicente López Partido. It is 15 kilometers north of downtown Buenos Aires.
Florida grew and prospered in the late 1800s when it became a railway stop; the community became progressively more urban and started to receive Italian and English immigrants who set small farms that provided vegetables and fruits to nearby Buenos Aires. Nowadays it is an
upper middle class
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residential area serving as a
bedroom community
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.
It is bordered to the east by
Vicente López neighborhood, to the north by
Olivos, to the south by the city of
Buenos Aires
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, and to the west by
Villa Martelli.
Location
Florida is served by the
Mitre
The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in ...
and
Belgrano Norte railway lines, both providing fast access to the city of Buenos Aires. Its main commercial areas are Maipú Avenue and San Martín Avenue.
Transport
![Florida train station in Buenos Aires Province](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Florida_train_station_in_Buenos_Aires_Province.jpg)
Florida is well-connected to the other northern suburbs of the
Buenos Aires metropolitan area, and to downtown
Buenos Aires
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, and especially to
Jorge Newbery
Jorge Alejandro Newbery Malagarie (27 May 1875 – 1 March 1914) was an Argentine aviator, civil servant, engineer and scientist.
Early and personal life
His father, Ralph Lamartine Newbery Purcell (born 1848) was a dentist who emigrated from ...
airport.
The neighborhood is connected to the rest of the city by two highways, one
Metrobus line, 21 bus lines and four train stations (
Aristóbulo del Valle,
Florida
Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and to ...
,
Juan B. Justo and
Cetrángolo).
History
Florida Este was founded in 1891 when the
Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway
The Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway (BA&R) was a British-owned railway company that built and operated a broad gauge railway network in Argentina, where it was known as the "Ferrocarril Buenos Aires y Rosario". Originally thought as a line from ...
opened a station in the section from
Belgrano that then reached Bartolomé Mitre, Borges and San Isidro. Some versions state that the station (and subsequently the village) was named "Florida" to commemorate a victory over a Spanish army in the Paraje La Florida of
Alto Perú
Upper Peru (; ) is a name for the land that was governed by the Real Audiencia of Charcas. The name originated in Buenos Aires towards the end of the 18th century after the Audiencia of Charcas was transferred from the Viceroyalty of Peru to th ...
on May 25, 1814, during the
War of Independence
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.
The official date of establishment was set by a decree that gave approval to the builder of the railway line to divide the lands into lots for future sale. The date was set on May 7, 1891. Between 1895 and 1915 the "Compañía de los Ferrocarriles Pobladores" and the French Bank, owner of lands in the zone, sold them to families that soon arrived.
The Florida Este station was a meeting-place for the inhabitants of the districts, with Luis Poggi's general store (located on the corner of San Martín and Fray Justo Sarmiento) as one of the pioneers in the zone. Most of the residential houses were grouped near the station, while the country hoses were in what is now Melo street. Small vegetable farms were established near Mitre Avenue.
By Municipal Ordinance, Florida was declared a "village", in 1907. Six years later the bishop of
La Plata, Juan Terrero, blessed a precarious chapel built on lands donated by José Antonio Trabucco. The Rossi family donated an image of the
Virgin Mary
Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother of ...
sculpted in
Carrara marble
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in Italy. The first priest of the region was Father José A. Coffa, who was succeeded by Father Vanini, who started works for a construction of the church. The church, finished in 1931, was named "Nuestra Señora de la Guardia", and was the first church in Florida.
Education
In the area there are several educational institutions. According to Vicente Lopez Municipality information in 2017 there were:
;Kindergartens
Kindergarten No. 3: Franklin 1785, West Florida.
Kindergarten No. 5: Tuyutí 1119, West Florida.3
Kindergarten N ° 8: Santa Rosa 4148, Florida West.
Kindergarten No. 10: Aristóbulo del Valle 2375, Florida.
Kindergarten No. 13: Melo 1861, Florida.
;Primary Education
Manuel Dorrego School, Posadas 1115 - Florida Oeste - Vicente López
;Municipal Training Centers
"JORGE LLOBET", Santa Rosa 4146, Florida West
Vicente López Community College (CUV)
;Private Schools
The area had a German school, Rudolf-Steiner-Schule.[Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]
(). Bundestag
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(West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 17/51.
Sports
Florida Este is home to the
Club Atlético Platense
Club Atlético Platense is an Argentine sports club based in Florida, Buenos Aires. The club nickname is (Squid) after the journalist Palacio Zino said that the team moved "like a squid in its ink".
Although the club hosts many activities, Pla ...
, established in 1905, which hosts a wide range of sports. Their
football team plays in the
AFA. Platense's home ground is
Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López
The Estadio Ciudad de Vicente López is a stadium located in the neighborhood of Florida in Vicente López Partido of Greater Buenos Aires. Owned and operated by Club Atlético Platense, the stadium was built in 1979, and has a capacity of 28,530 s ...
.
Another club in the neighborhood is
Sportivo Balcarce
Club Sportivo Balcarce, or simply "Sportivo Balcarce", is an Argentine sports club located in Florida, Buenos Aires. Although other disciplines are held in the club, football was the most predominant sport while the senior squad was affiliated to t ...
, which played in
Primera División in the 1920s.
Gallery
File:San Martin Avenue in Florida, Buenos Aires Province.jpg, San Martín Avenue
File:Santa Teresita del Nino Jesus church.jpg, Parroquia Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús
File:Plaza HE Gonzalez.jpg, Plaza Héctor González
File:Florida train station in Buenos Aires Province.jpg, Florida train station
File:Quinta Trabucco 004.jpg, Quinta Trabucco
References
External links
*
La Página de Florida
{{Greater Buenos Aires
Vicente López Partido
Populated places in Buenos Aires Province
Populated places established in 1856
Cities in Argentina