They build panoramic bleachers at Diagonal Norte, in front of the obelisk

The city government builds in Diagonal Norte, facing the obelisk, panoramic terraces similar to those in Times Square, New York, so that neighbors and tourists can take pictures or sit down one moment.

The stair will be located between Cerrito and Libertad, where previously stood the discount ticket kiosk for the theater, with space for neighbors to continue to buy cheaper tickets.

But the structure, eight meters high, will also have another feature. It will be a monitoring center allowing the municipal police to control everything that happens on 9 de Julio Avenue, which has 244 security cameras. The investment will be 30 million pesos.

People will be able to climb the bleachers and have a panoramic view of the obelisk. The facade of the monitoring center will be transparent and include a large LED screen where you can see the images of security cameras.

The structure will be iron and glbad, while the stairs will be wooden. The monitoring center will operate 24 hours a day and will be ready by the end of May. In case of theft, they can tell the police center that they are patrolling the area.

"This observatory will become a new panoramic point of the city, allowing photographic shots of the Microcentre, with the obelisk as the main protagonist of one side and the other of the diagonal that leads to the Plaza The valley." Eduardo Macchiavelli, Minister of the Environment and Public Spaces of the City.

"It's a different and ingenious job for neighbors and tourists to enjoy, and at the same time it will be the city's observatory." said Macchiavelli.

On July 9, video surveillance towers spanning 24 hours from the ends of the avenue have been integrated over the last few months. These towers also have a video surveillance system connected to the monitoring center.

In dialogue with
THE NATIONDiego Santilli, Deputy Head of the Government of Buenos Aires and in charge of the Ministry of Justice and Security, badures that the 9 de Julio y Corrientes is "a nerve region" where a large part of the people who enter the city pbad. "We want to have a very specific operations center to control the region," said Santilli, who manages figures according to which the number of crimes in the region, especially explosions, has decreased five times since January.

"On July 9, we armed a special corps, deploying 300 policemen, divided into four towers," said the deputy head of government, who stressed that the new monitoring center will include a special commissioner, motorcycles, bicycles and other materials what is needed to work. "I want people to walk and go to the theater safely, there will be absolute and constant control," said Santilli, attentive to the novelty
the new pedestrian Corrientes, ready to open. This also ensures that they will not allow people to sleep in the bleachers.

"We want it to be a place where tourists can take pictures without problems, create a positive situation, we want tourists to continue without anything happening," said the deputy chief who acknowledged that on July 9 his management, "things were happening to others."

According to statistics from the Buenos Aires Tourism Board, 2.2 million foreign visitors visited the capital in 2017, up 3.7% from the previous year. Spending by international travelers in the city increased by 7.4% over 2016 and reached $ 1868 million.