The "Hangar of the kings" antique fair is housed in a historic and iconic building. This place is the last relic of what was once the glorious era of the tramways, according to a thorough investigation by the historian and architect Marcelo Mardones, in a thesis on urban architecture.
Although the exact date of when the building was built is unknown, it can be figured that it was built around 1905 as part of an ambitious project to provide public transportation on an early emerging Santiago of the twentieth century, when we began to notice the saltpetre. This place, Brazil as Balmaceda, was chosen for different strategic reasons. Indeed this place was chosen because the land was cheap, since it was located between a landfill and the public prison of the city. At that time, the Mapocho station was not yet built, which will be done in 1910, but the project already existed and the same tramways passed near the Yungay station. The station was used to transport merchandise to the north. The current "Hangar of the kings" was part of a vast network of tramways systems in the capital. This place was also chosen while they were building a power station that still works to this day. These constructions were transformed into a pole of development of the district and from this moment began the construction of industrial sectors and working populations. With the "Hangar", which functioned as an operating yard, a workshop was built, which still exists and in which a private mining services company operates. The "Hangar of kings" was the largest system of tramways network. There were two other stations in the surroundings, one on Cueto Street and one on Victoria Street. None of them exists anymore; there are only a few of them remaining. Santiago's tramways network, including his building, was built at the beginning of the 20th century by English businessmen who sold it shortly after to the German capital. However, following the defeat of Germany in the First World War and as part of the compensation that the Germans had to pay, they returned to the hands of the English. Shortly thereafter, they sold the tramways company to the North American capital. In 1945, the Chilean State bought the tramways system and this company was renamed Chile Transport Company, the CTC. At that time, tramways cease to function and public transport was concentrated on buses. Despite this factor, the "Hangar" continued to function as the operations center and the bus depot until the end of the CTC in 1981. The "Hangar", as such, has been completed and transmitted to private hands in 1978. In short, this place has worked for nearly 80 years as the main public transport building in the capital. It is the only one remaining and it now welcomes the history preserved by the thousands of antiquities that are exchanged there. By Ester Levinsky
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AutorAnticuarios de centro comercial Balmacada Brasil Archivos
Mayo 2018
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