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The neighborhoods were situated on top of highlands, almost 40 meters (130 feet) above sea level. At the time, Francisco Seeber owned a company downtown called "Muelle de las
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It is a residential neighborhood with both old houses and apartment buildings, quiet streets and a few crowded, high-traffic avenues. It has several parks that make it very pleasant. During the summer, it is not uncommon to see neighbors comfortably sitting on chairs on the sidewalk, chatting with
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extension into Villa
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775:San Nicolás
740:Parque Chas
690:La Paternal
442:"metrovias"
343:October 12,
875:58°29′49″W
872:34°34′24″S
835:Villa Real
815:Villa Luro
665:Colegiales
322:References
291:Entre Ríos
136:Population
790:Versalles
780:San Telmo
710:Monserrat
700:Mataderos
655:Chacarita
650:Caballito
630:Balvanera
620:Agronomía
212:Agronomía
188:Argentina
158:Time zone
93:Argentina
902:Category
765:Saavedra
755:Recoleta
680:Floresta
640:Belgrano
635:Barracas
499:Communes
426:Archived
391:June 30,
367:June 30,
263:Paraguay
261:against
233:pioneer
208:Saavedra
196:Belgrano
725:Palermo
695:Liniers
685:La Boca
660:Coghlan
625:Almagro
612:Barrios
515:Comunas
249:History
227:milonga
204:Coghlan
88:Country
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675:Flores
309:Line B
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180:barrio
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