Buenos Aires in the mid-1990s was a city caught between nostalgia and transformation. The glamor of its European-style architecture stood in contrast with the growing signs of economic strain.

The streets buzzed with colectivos and conversations—politics, fútbol, and the latest drama from the telenovelas. Newsstands overflowed with magazines, cigarettes, and candy, and street vendors sold choripanes or fake Ray-Bans on every corner. Kids played fútbol on cracked sidewalks, and tango music spilled from open windows or passed buskers in the Subte. Graffiti and political posters clung to walls like layers of urban memory. The scent of exhaust mixed with freshly baked medialunas from corner cafés.

Loud, fast, and unmistakably porteño — that was life in Buenos Aires in 1995. These amazing photos bring the streets of that era back to life.

Buenos Aires street scenes, Argentina, 1995

“Hoy y Manana”, Buenos Aires, Argentina , 1995

A Kickabout on the streets of La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

The Congress Palace building in barrio Balvanera, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral, Argentina, 1995

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Calle Defensa, San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Carta Franca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Casa Rosada, Buenos Aires, Argentine, 1995

Dancing tango, San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Downtown towers, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Facultad de Ingenieria and McDonald’s, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Hotel Intercontinental, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Luna Park, Buenos Aires, Argentina , 1995

Obelisco, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Once, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Once, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Once, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Open-air market, San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Red telephone boxes, Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Red telephone boxes, Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

Spring sunshine at the Plaza de la República, Buenos Aires, Argentina , 1995

Tango mural, Buenos Aires, Argentine, 1995

The Plaza de Mayo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995

View towards the Obelisco de Buenos Aires on Avenida Roque Sáenz Peña, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1995