Hide and Seek

First impressions are peculiar things... and not to be trusted...

Cordoba

I live at the Corner of Sarmiento and Ituizango, across from el Parque Libertad.  From the street my house rises above the sidewalk as a white wall with an inconspicuous beige garage door.  Passing by the abandoned commercial establishment there is no way to tell that this wall of blandness hides a two story house of beautiful modern design.  Creeping ivy covers the towering walls from the inside and plunges to a garden, complete with a quaint pool and ultimately a small gravel patio.  The double wood and glass doors of my single room leads directly into the green...
 
This pattern of hide and seek, conservative yet stunning, is a characteristic of Rosario.  Little by little she strips her layers.  She began with a facade of sky high apartment buildings, thinly wrapped in a grime of hardship and smog.  She spoke of unemployment, of her history of military dictators, of her attempts at recovery... Yet with the smiles of her citizens, the tranquility of her customs, the buzz of her daily life, slowly she is revealing herself...