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One of the best Bogotá
architecture modernization samples from the fist half of the XX century:
“...screwed steel structure lined with concrete, applying North American
regulations of the time...”. and one of the most spacious buildings
constructed. It was said that “... the solemn weight of the four floors
is perhaps due to the fact that it resembles a New York skyscraper base,
which upper floors were never built...” Now property of the Nation.
The building was constructed in the place occupied by a very old house under
North American architect Roberto Farrington’s orders. Sobriety contrasts
current Banco Cafetero, Ministry of Agriculture offices and La Giralda Café
Restaurant place San Francisco Palace baroque façade. |