El Ateneo Grand Splendid is one of the most well-known bookshops in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Situated at 1860 Santa Fe Avenue in Barrio Norte, the building was designed by the architects Peró and Torres Armengol for the empresario Max Glücksman (1875-1946) and opened as a theatre named Teatro Gran Splendid in May 1919. In the late twenties it became a cinema and in 2000 it was converted into a bookshop. In 2000, under the direction of the architect Fernando Manzone, the building was…
