Calle Constancia

Constancy is steadiness of spirit that does not give way, the resolve that carries on when others yield. That is what this street names: a virtue, not a person or an event. There is no record that it was dedicated to anyone in particular, and the exact reason for the choice is not documented. The street belongs to the Prosperidad neighbourhood, built up from 1862 on former dry farmland crossed by old bridle paths, with brickworks, farmhouses and the odd roadside inn. The neighbourhood’s name is misleading: it points not to wealth but to Próspero Soynard, one of the owners who drove the development. Within that fabric of modest streets, Constancia fits a habit of the age: naming streets with moral nouns that sounded like a shared aspiration.