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![Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 127 W: 5 N: 250]](http://i1.trekearth.com/misc/g-n-g.gif) (1067) | Avenida 9 de Julio is an avenue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its name honors Argentina's Independence Day. (July 9, 1816).
The avenue runs roughly one kilometer to the west of the Río de la Plata waterfront, from the Retiro district in the north to Constitución station in the south. The avenue has six lanes in each direction
The main landmarks along the avenue are, north to south:
French Embassy: The French government refused to submit the embassy building for demolition, and local preservationists opposed the move as well, as the building is widely hailed as an architectural masterpiece. See this article (Spanish) for detail.
Teatro Colón
The western end of the Lavalle pedestrian street (the former strip of movie theaters)
The Obelisk and Plaza de la República
Statue of Don Quixote in the intersection with Avenida de Mayo
The former Ministry of Communications building (the only building sitting on the avenue itself), in the intersection with Moreno street.
Constitución station and Plaza Constitución.
Crossing the avenue at street level often requires a few minutes, as all intersections have traffic lights. Under normal walking speed, it takes pedestrians normally two to three green lights to cross it. Some urban planners have submitted projects to move the central part of the avenue underground, to alleviate the perceived "chasm" between both sides of the avenue.
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