Pasaje San Martín
Avenida San Martín 1136
Mendoza MZ Argentina
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| Status: | | | Construction Dates | | Began | 1926 | | Finished | 1928 | | Floor Count | 9 |
|  | | Building Uses | | - mixed use | | - office | | - residential | | - restaurant | | - retail | | Structural Types | | - highrise |
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Description
• Companies:
- Design: Ludovig Froude
- Developer: Miguel Escorihuela Gascón
- Main contractor: F.H. Schmidt
- Construction manager: Edmundo Romero
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Facts:
• It was the first highrise and the first anti-seismic building in Mendoza.
• It withstood an earthquake before being inaugurated, thereby opening the doors for the construction of tall buildings.
• The building was inspired by the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan and was declared a Mendoza Cultural Heritage Site in 1997.
• It was the tallest building in Mendoza until 1954.
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