Club de Pescadores, Historic fishing club pier in Palermo, Argentina.
Club de Pescadores is a Tudor-style fishing club building on a 500-metre pier over the Río de la Plata in Palermo, Buenos Aires. The white two-storey structure has red-tiled roofs, dark red vertical bands on its facade, a gabled central bay with three windows above a doorway, and a square tower with a steep pyramidal roof on the right. It stands on dark timber pilings, with a wooden walkway leading to its left side.
Construction of the current pier structure began in 1928 following presidential approval, with architect José N. Quartino designing the main building completed in 1937. The project emerged from efforts to establish a permanent home for the city's growing fishing community.
The club's name recalls the fishermen who met on the old French coal pier from 1903 and rebuilt their shelter after the 1905 storm. Inside the Tudor-style building are collections, trophies and an aquarium devoted to the fish of the Río de la Plata. The club also runs fishing competitions and maintains branches at Chascomús, Paraná Guazú, Santa Clara del Mar and the mouth of the Barca Grande.
The club stands on the Costanera Rafael Obligado beside Jorge Newbery Airport, at the end of the pier reached by a wooden walkway. City buses 21, 28, 33, 34, 117 and 166 stop nearby. The building is a national historic monument, so check access to the social areas before crossing the pier.
The location offers views of aircraft operations at nearby Jorge Newbery Airport on clear days, and under favorable conditions reveals distant views toward the Uruguayan coastline. These unexpected perspectives make it a surprising vantage point beyond typical city views.
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