The stations are located at the intersection of
Corrientes and
Leandro Alem, near the
Luna Park stadium and the
Puerto Madero district, and is a short walk from
Plaza de Mayo. The Line B station is named after Argentine politician
Leandro N. Alem and is situated at the bottom of a steep incline at sea level; hence the name
el bajo (the lowlands), which is historically linked to the bars and night clubs that were in the area at the time of the station's 1931 opening. The zone has been mostly for office buildings since the 1950s. The Line E station, Correo Central, is situated below Leandro N. Alem due to the station's location near the original coast of the
Río de la Plata. Although Correo Central was expected to open in August 2012 as a temporary terminus for line E, the station's opening was postponed as a result of construction-related issues in other areas of line E's extension from Bolívar to Retiro. By mid-2013, Correo Central was 90% complete, with most of the completed work being structural; however, its elevators and escalators would not be completed until sometime after the installation of the station's electrical substation in May 2015. Correo Central would ultimately open on 3 June 2019, together with the other stations of the extension of Line E from Bolívar to Retiro. While Correo Central was under construction, Leandro N. Alem received a renovation in 2014 which involved artwork from artist Ignacio De Lucca. ==References==