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Article: A Buenos Aires barrio enjoys the bohemian life
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- International Herald Tribune
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- November 19, 2004
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Carolyn Whelan
International Herald Tribune
11-19-2004
In 1985, a coffeehouse opened in the Palermo Viejo section of Buenos Aires. It was the area's first gathering place for the artists who were joining the blue-collar, longtime residents in this green and leafy enclave west of the bustling city center. The bohemian cafe, called El Taller, or ''The Workshop,'' catered to newcomers who had been priced out of apartments in the neighboring districts of Belgrano and Barrio Norte or who just preferred one of the area's charming 1920s homes. At the time, a river and the railroad tracks at Avenida Juan B. Justo, on Palermo Viejo's western fringe, had limited development in the placid barrio, or ...