Demolition houses for the construction of Avenida 9 de Julio 1970

Bs. As .: Report where journalist comments: "What we see today is in some way the beginning of an end." We are in full demolition of the project July 9. It is the first hours of the morning and has just begun the death of the only survivor of this first stage, this is the last building that remains standing on the bed of the future extension of our wide avenue, but not everything is an end, one life of that passes to another, because to demolish is not to destroy, to demolish is to build, is to prepare the land for the architect, for the urbanist, for the road engineer, and because a city is a living organism that grows, moves, renews itself, changes its skin and its shape, but we are going to the death of this character that witnessed the disappearance of his containers until he waited his turn, alone, brave and silent.This house has a double value, that of the overlapping and anonymous lives that gave him reason for being and another intrinsic value. a house d e vanguardia, a worthy example of architecture ". Report to the foreman of the work, in which he is asked: - What year is this work? (Answer: It's 1923) -Why did they leave it until the end? - Must it be because it was the prettiest? - Did this house have a name? (Answer: Light and Sun) - How many men do you need to demolish an entire apple? -And how soon can you do it? - Are you happy to finish today? (Ambient sound)
Date: 2/2/1970
Duration: 4 minutes 20 seconds
Code of the film: C-00296

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