Thomas Locke Hobbs

Currently: Buenos Aires

 

A local version of the flatiron. Buenos Aires is nothing but 8-12 story concrete apartment buildings constructed on narrow plots laid out by the Spaniards in Colonial times. Individual blocks are an architectural jumble of different styles as old houses were gradually town down and replaced with apartment flats. Buenos Aires is a city where it seems the words 'site consolidation' have rarely, if ever, crossed a real estate developers lips.

Each building is responsible for the sidewalk in front of their building, putting down their own unique tile, of which the picture above is one common example. Sometimes they'll come loose and dirty water will splash up, as if in some video game.

 
Wednesday, December 24, 2003

Hi. I'm a 32 year-old American currently living in Buenos Aires. Before that I lived in California, Sao Paulo and New York and if you browse through the archives below you can see photos of all those places. I also have an old geocities page with some outdated information but also more photos of Buenos Aires, friends and my 9/11 pictures.

Friends Luc Garcia, Bryan Chin, Vagner Cardoso, Aaron Holsberg, Jesse on the Brink, Overheard in NY, nblinks, Ted Gideonse, David Ruiz. Buenos Aires Good Aires, A Texan in Argentina, Go Where the Taxista Takes You, Line of Sight, Albano Garcia Blog Highlights Portraits [2004, 2005, 2006, 2007], Portugal, Sao Paulo Gay Pride, Sao Paulo Skyline, More Sao Paulo [1, 2, 3, 4], Buenos Aires [1, 2, 3], Mexico City, Curitiba, The Gates, Paris, Morocco [1, 2, 3, 4], NYC Gay Pride [2006, 2007], My Flickr Stream. Archives 2003.06, 2003.07, 2003.08, 2003.09, 2003.10, 2003.11, 2003.12, 2004.01, 2004.02, 2004.03, 2004.04, 2004.05, 2004.06, 2004.07, 2004.08, 2004.09, 2004.10, 2004.11, 2004.12, 2005.01, 2005.02, 2005.03, 2005.04, 2005.05, 2005.06, 2005.07, 2005.08, 2005.09, 2005.10, 2005.11, 2005.12, 2006.01, 2006.02, 2006.03, 2006.04, 2006.05, 2006.06, 2006.07, 2006.08, 2006.09, 2006.10, 2006.11, 2006.12, 2007.01, 2007.02, 2007.03, 2007.04, 2007.05, 2007.06, 2007.07, 2007.08, 2007.09, 2007.10, 2007.11, 2007.12, 2008.01, 2008.02, 2008.03, 2008.04, 2008.05, 2008.06, 2008.07, RSS Feed (let me know if it doesn't work) Contact thomas_hobbs at yahoo dot com does spelling it out really prevent spam?