No prorogation for law n. 3056 in Buenos Aires

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December 10, 2010. Drastical changes are in act: in a few days more than 140.000 of historical buildings situated between Rio de la Plata waterfront and the historical center risk to be erased to make place for the raising business of affordable concrete tall housing.

The law n. 3056, as a prorogation of the law n. 2548, was approved to protect from demolition a huge number of buildings (140.000 according to Basta de Demoler NGO) raised prior to 1941. A huge heritage built...
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December 10, 2010. Drastical changes are in act: in a few days more than 140.000 of historical buildings situated between Rio de la Plata waterfront and the historical center risk to be erased to make place for the raising business of affordable concrete tall housing.

The law n. 3056, as a prorogation of the law n. 2548, was approved to protect from demolition a huge number of buildings (140.000 according to Basta de Demoler NGO) raised prior to 1941. A huge heritage built before WWII in the classical mixture of Parisian, Italian and Spanish style, using high quality materials, as opposed to the later tendencies of collective affordable housing.
At less than one month from the exipiration date, on December 31, 2010, Macri administration didn't provide to renew the law n. 3056, despite the efforts of a number of organizations engaged in the protection of the historical heritage, such as 'Basta de demoler' NGO.

Buenos Aires as it was in late 2008, just before (April 23, 2009) the city legislature approved the law n. 3056.
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