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Located in the square of the Avenue of the Italians and Macacha Guemes, in the neighborhood Puerto Madero, in Buenos Aires, the Monument to the Taxi Driver is a tribute to the thousands of men and women who provide an important public transportation service to the city. Inaugurated in 2012, the monument depicts a bald and mustachioed taxi driver casually leaning on to the side of a classic 1967 car model of a Siam Di Tella — an old Argentinian manufacturing company, and one of the most popular choices for taxis in the Argentinian capital in the 1960s and 70s.

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The sculpture was created by the artist Fernando Pugliese, and appears like bronze but is actually made of a synthetic material commonly used in the shipbuilding industry. This special polymer can withstand the rigors of the weather and can receive a special patina that makes them appear like bronze.

Photo credit: Raúl Alejandro Rodríguez/Flickr

Nearly 40,000 yellow-roofed taxis run in the Argentinian capital, providing employment to 70,000 drivers and as many families. The official taxi service has existed in Buenos Aires since 1902. For a long time, taxis could be painted in any color and identified only by the "flag" of the clock, which bore the word "free" in white letters on a red background. Then a rule was introduced in 1967 requiring they be painted in yellow and black.


Sources: www.clarin.com / Waymarking














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