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The Abasto de Buenos Aires was the central fruit and vegetable market in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 1893 to 1984. As of 1999, it serves as a mall, Abasto Shopping. It is also famous for being in the tango area where singer Carlos Gardel, known as El Morocho del Abasto ("the dark-haired guy from Abasto"), lived most of his life. Today, the area around it, though part of the Balvanera neighbourhood, is sometimes referred to as Abasto.
By the end of the 19th century, the city of Buenos Aires experienced an important expansion due to the immigration from different European countries. Because of the demographic change, and the demolition of the Mercado Modelo market near the Plaza Lorea, the Devoto brothers on August 16, 1888, solicited the construction of a supply market in the land they acquired in 1875 at the Balvanera neighbourhood.
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