Bird's-eye view of Plaza San Martín in 2018.
Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires
Plaza San Martín's great Ombú tree
Partial view of the lobby
View of Plaza San Martín in 1920, when the Argentine Pavilion (left) still graced the park as an art museum
Monument to José de San Martín, the plaza namesake.
Monumento a los caídos en Malvinas (Monument for the fallen in the Falklands War) is located in Plaza San Martin

The Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires is a five-star hotel located in the Retiro district, just steps from Calle Florida shopping area and overlooking the Plaza San Martín.

- Plaza Hotel Buenos Aires

The park was the site in 1909 of the inaugural of both the first premier hotel in Argentina (the Plaza) and of the new National Museum of Fine Arts, for which the glass and steel pavilion used at the 1889 World's Fair in Paris was enlisted; structurally inadequate, the pavilion was demolished in 1932, however.

- Plaza San Martín (Buenos Aires)
Bird's-eye view of Plaza San Martín in 2018.

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View of Florida street in 2013.

Florida Street

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Popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Popular shopping street in Downtown Buenos Aires, Argentina.

View of Florida street in 2013.
Florida street c. 1899
Florida with electric light, 1900.
Night view in 1936.
Florida in the 1950s.
In 1969, shortly before becoming a promenade.
Entrance to Line D, Catedral Station.
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Florida Street runs northwards for approximately one kilometer to Plaza San Martín, in the Retiro area.

Upscale Santa Fe Avenue merges into Florida Street along the Plaza Hotel, designed by Adolf Zucker for local banker Ernesto Tornquist and inaugurated in 1909.

Retiro, Buenos Aires

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Barrio or neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Barrio or neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Aerial view of Plaza San Martín and its surroundings.
The northern end of Avenida Leandro N. Alem.
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Avenida 9 de Julio
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Retiro is home to a number of five star hotels, including the Four Seasons, Marriott Plaza, Sheraton, and Sofitel.

The oldest of these, the Marriott Plaza, was opened in 1909 and faces Plaza San Martín, to the north of which lies the train terminal and the Plaza Fuerza Aérea Argentina (formerly Plaza Británica), where the Torre Monumental (formerly Torre de los Ingleses) is located; the palladian monument was donated by the Anglo-Argentine community for the 1910 centennial celebrations, and suffered several acts of sabotage in the wake of the 1982 Falklands War.