At the beginning of the 20th century, the lack of housing and building spaces in the city was a serious problem in the expansion of the city. That is why, the solution that was acquired was to create construction societies, which having been born for non-profit purposes later revert their ideals into economic interests with the high bourgeois of the city, became the main housing developers Social of the last century. In this background it is where we can place the construction of the working class neighborhoods of the capital, which sought to give decent housing to families with less purchasing power in an economic way, without diminishing quality and spaces. Already in the 40s of the twentieth century, these concessions will remain in pursuit of the arrival of the Economic Command, who will be the organ that promotes civil actions in the capital, as well as the military. The Patronage La Candelaria build a large project in the 50s: the Barriada or Barrio del Marqu s de Somosierra. 527 homes were built, in the vicinity of the well-known and predecessor Barrio de Garc a Escamez. The neighborhood is delimited by the Rosario General Highway to the north, to the south by the TF-5 highway, Buen Paso street, Domingo Bello Espinosa, Sans ny Barrios, Francisco Mar a N ez de Le n, Jos Espinosa Cambreleng and Poeta Francisco Left, until closed again in Buen Paso Street. Over the years, these social properties have been sold to new tenants ...
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