La Plata: from an apreciated to an ignored city

Abstract

The city of La Plata was born as an avant guard city that caused a great impact at that time on both national and international environments; it was seen as an expression of the society strength in a new and vigorous country. Such a historical moment has faded away, as has the city concept on the part of the governors, urbanists and habitants of La Plata, being the configuration of the city the only concept left. This paper intends to present this problem from the different approach than that of the architecture. The aim is to analyze the city changes considering the influence of the different political, economic and urban factors and how these changes have been received by the society. For this purpose, a developmental analysis of these factors was performed taking into account three time cuts: the Foundation (1882), the 50 -year Anniversary (1932) and the 100 -year Anniversary (1982).