The mythical Mill Buildingin the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Congreso, in Callao and Rivadavia, will reopen its doors to the public on Thursday, July 21, to show the progress of its restoration, due to the fact that the 8,000 places granted for the visit next Friday, on the eve of its 106th anniversary.
As reported by the Mill Commission through its instagram @delmolinook, registrations can be made from July 18 at 12, through the official Web.
There will be eight shifts available from 12 noon to 7 p.m.
In addition to the traditional tour of the rooms and the confectionery, visitors can visit the basement, the dome, enjoy live music and exhibitions of historical objects.
“Periodic visits to the building will beginso that the community can see the progress of a historic place in Buenos Aires that, with the efforts of workers from the National Congress, will soon once again be that meeting point for those who want to enjoy a coffee and its emblematic pastry shop,” they said.
The Commission also invites you to continue participating actively in the historical recoverybringing photos or objects that they consider could be part of the museum to be installed in the Mill.
The follow-up of the work can be seen under the hashtag used since the start of the tasks on July 2, 2018: #lavueltadelmolineither.
Located at the intersection of Rivadavia Avenue and Callaothe building has five floors and a roof terrace with a privileged viewpoint and access to the domed towera, where “the idea is to make another gastronomic space work”, one of the so-called “rooftop bars”.
The three basements were occupied by the confectionery, which had the production workshops, the ovens, the machines and the warehouse in the basements; on the ground floor was the sales room and bar; and on the first floor were the three ballrooms.
Meanwhile, the plants from the second to the fifth floor were occupied by residential apartments.
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Thursday July 21.? The visit will be with prior registration by our
website from Monday, July 18 at 12 noon. pic.twitter.com/TNVo2PaGLp– Mill Building (@DelMolinoOk) July 4, 2022
The building completed in 1916, under the direction of the famous Italian architect Francis Gianotti (1881-1967), was expropriated from the descendants of the confectioner Cayetano Brenna in 2014 and transferred to the National Congress, which created the Bicameral Commission in charge of its restoration.
Law 27,009 on expropriation and restoration provided that “the basement and ground floor must be concessioned as a confectionery, restaurant, pastry shop or any related use”, while the rest of the property will house “a museum dedicated to the history of confectionery” and ” a cultural center to be called ‘De las Aspas’ dedicated to disseminating and exhibiting the work of young artists”.
The execution of the Integral Restoration Plan of the Mill Building (RIEM) ventures into an unusual approach to heritage management, which contemplates the material and immaterial dimension of cultural assets, from the multidisciplinary and political plurality, with the commitment to involve community participation.
Within the framework of the RIEM, a multidisciplinary team of specialists from Congress is working to recover the tangible and intangible heritage of the property.
One of its last ex-tenants, Daniel Espinoza García, filmed a large part of his movie “Las Aspas del Molino” (2014) there, which accounts for its state before the restoration.
