This paper analyzes the role of the dominant foundational narrative of the city of Rosario (Argentina) in the formation of particular racial and spatial orders (Rahier 1999; Wade 1997). I focus on a particular sector of the city, which has been the subject of mega development projects from public-private partnerships. This space is broken into two distinct landscapes: one of the newest and most modern areas of Rosario and one of the oldest ferro-port districts. The peculiarities of the “old” wing of this part of the city have attracted a group of Uruguayan candombe whose performances assume a series of positions that speak from the dark, low, and hidden against the white, tall, and hipervisible image that dominates the area. https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472X8