The houses around Abasto, particularly near the Gardel museum are covered in fileteado artwork. Fileteado, the style of painting associated with Buenos Aires began in the gray carts pulled by horses that transported fruits, milk, groceries and bread at the end of the 19th century. Later it was used for decorating almost anything from guitars, accordions, coffins, sneakers, signs, taxis, trucks, magazine and newspapers stands, to cars and buses. . Filetes (the lines in fileteado style) are usually full of colored ornaments and symmetries completed with poetic phrases, humorous, emotional or philosophical sayings. The filetes were born as simple ornaments, becoming an emblematic form of art for the city. Many of its initiators were European immigrants mostly from Italy, who brought from Europe some elements that were mixed with the local tradition, creating a very typical Argentine style. These Italian immigrants were working as cart builders in the early 20th century and fileteado was developed at the same time as tango. The fileteado was recognized as an art after 1970, when it was exhibited for the first time. The painter who decorated the carts was called Fileteador, because he performed the job with long-threaded paintbrushes also called 'Brushes for making filetes'. This is a word derived from the Latin word 'Filum' which means 'Thread', referring to the art in a fine line that serves as the artFileteado is characterized by intertwining forms, with stylized lines and flowered, climbing plants, ribbons, usually a brightly colored painting, slogans; and more often that not, the Argentine flag. Other characteristics are: The use of shading and highlighting to create the illusion of depth The preferred use of a Gothic font style or bold or highly detailed letters