Avenida Medrano is an arterial road of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was named after the politician, Pedro Medrano. It runs through both the Almagro and Palermo neighborhoods. The arterial road runs northbound, with traffic going in the opposite direction. The avenue is characterized by its old banana grove, which was planted at the end of the 19th Century. The trees protect the road from the sun during summer, and are left completely leafless during fall. The use of the road is mainly residential, though all along it there are various neighborhood retail commerce zones, along with some other stores from big scale chains.
The street's route
Almagro
The Avenue starts in the Almagro neighborhood, where Rivadavia Avenue intersects with the Castro Barros street, the latter being an extension of Medrano towards the south of the city. Since 1884, the Café Las Violetas has stood on the Avenida Medrano. It was declared a site of cultural interest by the Buenos Aires City Legislature in 1998, and it was restored by the Administration of the city of Buenos Aires in 2001. Also located here is the metro station Castro Barros, opened in 1914. After 100 meters Medrano crosses a bridge, the Sarmiento Railroads, which was built in 1902 in the Caballito area. The next major intersection of Avenida Medrano is with Diaz Velez street, an important arterial road that starts in el Cid Campeador and the west side of the city and ends in the surroundings of the Plaza Once square. Medrano Avenue intersection with Avenida Corrientes is one of the major commercial neighborhoods of the Almagro area. Here is the metro station Medrano, Line B opened in 1930. The Lacroze tram company used to also be found here, which made the zone an important transportation centre, however it disappeared after the closure of the tram line in the area in 1962. A few meters away is the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, located on the site of the town's old flower market that existed until 2004. The Regional Buenos Aires Faculty of the National University of Technology can be found four blocks down on Medrano 951. On the north side of Humahuaca street stands the church of Iglesia Betania.
Palermo
Crossing Avenida Córdoba, Avenida Medrano enters the Palermo neighborhood. Between the streets El Salvador and Costa Rica is the Plaza Unidad Latinoamericana, where the Escuela Primaria Común No. 09 "Cnel. Genaro Beron de Astrada" Primary School stands. Medrano Avenue runs through another eight blocks, ending in Charcas street and bordering the well-known Plaza Güemes, next to the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Colegio Guadalupe.
