La Baticueva Portena: Bruce Wayne moves to BA, and Batman joins forces with El Gaucho.
“BA is the new Gotham.” We said it first in the Summer Issue of Privada when we profiled the ultra-sophisticated Algodon Mansion in Recoleta. To quote, InvestBA has long rejected the misnomer of BA as the Paris of South America. While architecture is certainly one similarity, the city’s pace, diversity, nightlife, grit and boundless creativity have always made New York a more logical comparison. How else can you explain the porteno propensity to christen BA barrios with names like Palermo SoHo and Queens?
And now we have additional ammunition for the BA/Gotham parallel, courtesy of DC Comics. “In the latest issue of Batman, The Caped Crusader moves from Gotham to Buenos Aires where he dances tango (as Bruce Wayne) and even joins forces with a local superhero, El Gaucho,” according to Ciudad1.com. ” As Batman moves through BA, the comic makes reference to a variety of Argentine people and places including La Boca, Borges, El Eternauta, Las Islas Malvinas, and even Quilmes.
In the final analysis, Ciudad1 says, “While a comic isn’t likely to boost the inflow of U.S. tourists to Argentina, this is a beautiful souvenir that lets us know the South also exists for the North Americans.” As for Batman’s current location in Capital Federal, Argentina Anime says he’s sleeping in La Boca. And billionaire Bruce Wayne? Try the Algodon Mansion.
