{"id":19905,"date":"2021-04-16T01:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T01:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=191404"},"modified":"2021-04-16T12:38:44","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T12:38:44","slug":"grazias-at-home-city-guide-la-plata-argentina","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/us\/articles\/grazias-at-home-city-guide-la-plata-argentina\/","title":{"rendered":"GRAZIA&#8217;s At Home City Guide To La Plata, Argentina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The past year has seen many people across the world grapple with a very specific type of loss; the sadness of a trip not taken, the mourning of exploring new cultures, the yearning for experiences beyond the anomie of the supermarket. As that strong desire for, and impulse to, wander the world fell prey to the pandemic in a turbulent 2020, we seemed at one point to be surging toward an anticipatory dystopia. Who were we without travel? What do we have to look forward to when there is no international holiday booked for summer?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Over the course of the past 12 months, we\u2019ve been commissioning artists, painters ,and illustrators from different cities all over the world to paint a picture of what they see out their windows \u2013 either real or imaginary. Most artists have been confined to these cities during the global lockdowns, and all have a close connection to the place they have illustrated. Each artist has a \u201cGRAZIA At Home City Guide\u201d perched on their windowsill, insider guides to the cities you need to visit and recollections of moments past in these nooks of the world, how they drank in the palaces, how they wandered through the parks and how they ate and ate and ate. There are recommendations too \u2013 local dishes, phrases, and lessons \u2013 so you can start imagining your own itinerary from the comfort of your own home. Today, we\u2019re headed to La Plata in Argentina.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Unlike nearby Buenos Aires, whose crooked street pattern is difficult to navigate, La Plata is a perfectly planned grid; 36 blocks by 36 blocks of (usually) bustling pedestrians, caf\u00e9s, and market stands selling clothes, shoes, books, and trinkets. Splitting the grid are two main diagonal streets that converge at the city\u2019s center. \u201cThe city was designed by the architect Pedro Benoit and his objective was to plan an ideal city, where everything was rational, orderly and where human beings were in permanent contact with nature,\u201d says artist Mariana Ardanaz, who calls La Plata home. \u201cIt is known as \u2018The City of Linden Trees\u2019 because those were the trees chosen to afforest the layout of its main streets.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of this custom-built grid, a neo-Gothic cathedral stands tall. \u201cI lived part of my life very close to her \u2013 exactly five blocks \u2013 and I would always look at the cathedral out my window,\u201d Ardanaz says. \u201cThis city connects me with my childhood, my grandparents\u2019 house, the games we would play in the squares every six blocks, the smell of the linden tree,\u201d Ardanaz continues. \u201cAs many students from different provinces of Argentina come to study at the university, the city is full of life. That is why its cultural and artistic activity is enormous and wonderful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many film students study here and can be seen filming projects in the streets all the time. According to Ardanaz, the perfect 24 hours in La Plata would see you visit \u201cCharola\u201d for homemade cakes and breads on 51st Street. A long walk along the boulevard would take you through the city\u2019s forest before arriving at the Museum of Natural Sciences. \u201cIn the evening, you used to go and see the rise of the full moon in the Rio de la Plata before dining at one of the restaurants on the waterfront,\u201d Ardanaz says. \u201cAt midnight, my recommendation is to return to the center of the city and visit all the thematic bars and beer halls on Diagonal 74. You can have a beer at a table on the sidewalk and enjoy a warm summer night. We always go to \u2018Futther\u2019 a brewery on 47 and 11 street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Follow Mariana Ardanaz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/maruardanaz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@maruardanaz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-full wp-image-191409\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Untitled-design-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"product-style\">Fresh Linden Oval Soap<\/span> <span class=\"price-style\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sephora.com.au\/products\/fresh-linden-oval-soap\/v\/default?dxid=Cj0KCQjwyN-DBhCDARIsAFOELTmXULCJzcSO0Iv18vnYQOQra7a3Utrrr8rGwfpZYQJ_WLyYTXq1CFYaAgYCEALw_wcB&amp;dxgaid=Cj0KCQjwyN-DBhCDARIsAFOELTmXULCJzcSO0Iv18vnYQOQra7a3Utrrr8rGwfpZYQJ_WLyYTXq1CFYaAgYCEALw_wcB&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwyN-DBhCDARIsAFOELTmXULCJzcSO0Iv18vnYQOQra7a3Utrrr8rGwfpZYQJ_WLyYTXq1CFYaAgYCEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SHOP NOW<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-full wp-image-191410\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Untitled-design-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"product-style\">The Adventure of a Photographer in La Plata<\/span> <span class=\"price-style\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookdepository.com\/La-aventura-de-un-fotografo-en-la-plata-Adventure-Photographer-La-Plata-Adolfo-Bioy-Casares\/9788420657912\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SHOP NOW<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignfull-width size-full wp-image-191411\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Untitled-design-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"product-style\">Bot\u00e1nica Planter<\/span> <span class=\"price-style\"><a href=\"https:\/\/botanicatienda.com.ar\/p\/maceta-gordito-silbador\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SHOP NOW<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>All products featured on GRAZIA are independently selected by our editors. 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