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Visitors leave the international airport, take a taxi, and go up the overpass towards the most touristy part of the city. On the way, you are surprised by the sea of brick houses and the clothes on clotheslines that line the expressway. The setting is reminiscent of Brazilian favelas, but it is Villa 31, in Buenos Aires.
“About 20 years ago it was just one or two floors, now it’s five or six,” says architect and community leader Cesar Sanabria, 39, pointing to a pile of colorful buildings.
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