Parque de la Ciudad, Public park in Villa Soldati, Argentina.
Parque de la Ciudad is a 75-hectare public area in southern Buenos Aires featuring green spaces, walking paths, and a 208-meter observation tower called Torre Espacial. The grounds sit between Fernández de la Cruz, Lacarra, Coronel Roca, and Escalada avenues in Villa Soldati.
Planned in 1978 under Mayor Osvaldo Cacciatore, the park was built on a 120-hectare landfill site where one million cubic meters of earth were moved to level the ground. It opened on September 21, 1982 as Parque Interama, with the observation tower topped out in 1981 at 208 meters. After Interama's financial collapse, the city revoked the lease and renamed it Parque de la Ciudad in December 1983.
The park's five themed zones are named Latino, Carnaval, Futuro, Fantasía and Internacional. The Aconcagua steel coaster, designed by Werner Stengel and built by Anton Schwarzkopf, stood 36 metres high and reached 93 km/h. The Jetstar coaster was never assembled and stayed in storage from its 1981 import until it was auctioned in 2016.
Access is usually open on weekends when events or markets take place. Visitors hoping to climb the tower should check opening times in advance as they can vary.
The Torre Espacial was left unfinished for the 1980 Christmas season and served as a giant improvised Christmas tree: thousands of coloured lights ran along the steel tensor cables and a large star sat on the roof of platform 2, with a poster reading "FE" visible from afar.
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