This is an arial view of Puerto Madero looking South from just seaward of the microcentro (modern business downtown)
1. San Telmo and our apartment is to the West, a short uphill walk from this spot.
2. By the time these rectangular harbors were completed they were too small and already obsolete.
Here you are looking down on the boats in : http://www.pbase.com/davidandjohn/image/78082757
3. This man-made land is seeing massive upscale apartment construction.
see: http://www.pbase.com/davidandjohn/image/78633238
4. I believe this park was, for a time, the waterfront. Here is a surface view from the opposite end:
see: http://www.pbase.com/davidandjohn/image/78633308
5. However, his man-made land was extended out into the Rio de la Plata and became La Reserva...
You can get an idea how much more city there is to the South, and there's plenty to the North too!