projects in other areas of Argentina, remodeling the Parque Sarmiento), Córdoba, designing the Parque Urquiza in Parana, Entre Rios, Parque 9 de Julio in San Miguel de Tucumán, the Parque de la Independencia in Rosario, and the Parque San Martin in Mendoza. Thays also designed the grounds of the luxurious Club Hotel de la Ventana, near Sierra de La Ventana in Buenos Aires Province. Work outside Argentina included the urban planning of the residential neighborhood of Carrasco, aid in the planning of the Parque Rodó, and the design of the Plaza Cagancha and Plaza Independencia in Montevideo, Uruguay. Thays worked most extensively in Buenos Aires precisely at a period in the city's history where it was growing extremely fast as a result of immigration, especially from Spain and Italy. It is often noted that had Thays not insisted on high standards of design and frequent open spaces, many of the city's current open spaces would probably not exist. Next to the Perito Francisco Moreno and other prominent figures founded July 4, 1912 Boy Scouts Association of Argentina. Thays died in Buenos Aires in 1934. References 1849 births 1934 deaths Argentine architects French landscape architects Argentine landscape architects Argentine people of French descent Squares in Buenos Aires Uruguayan urban planners Burials at La Chacarita Cemetery