Avenida Juárez is a street in the

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flanking the south side of the centuries-old

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park. Originally each block had a different name: *Calle de la Puente de San Francisco between San Juan de Letrán (today Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas) and López, in front of the

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*Calle de Corpus Christi, between López and Nueva (today Luis Moya) *Calle del Calvario, between Nueva (today Luis Moya) and San Diego (hoy Dr. Mora) *Calle de Patoni between San Diego (today Dr. Mora) and Rosales/Bucareli/Paseo de la Reforma During the 1940s through the 1960s it was one of the city's boulevards, lined with upscale shops and hotels. In the

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, the Alameda, Del Prado and Regis hotels collapsed or were torn down. The street runs between the intersection of

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and Avenida Bucareli, marked by

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's sculpture known as ''El Caballito'', and Eje 1 Central, east of which it becomes

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, the city's busiest pedestrian street.

Buildings and points of interest

* Edificio La Nacional, which houses a

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department store * Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (Museum of Memory and Tolerance) *

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* Corpus Christi Church *Hemiciclo de Juárez monument in the Alameda *Hotel Bamer, built 1953 * Avenida Juárez no. #18 (built 1883 by

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, the same architect of the

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), formerly Ignacio Torres Adalid's ''pulquería'' serving the

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drink

Former buildings

*"La Acordada" prison *Pabellón Español *Hotel Alameda *Hotel Del Prado (built 1933–1946), original home of

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's mural ''

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'' *Hotel Regis, which "brought together the upper echelons of the city" and aimed at being the best hotel in Mexico. Included a theater, restaurants, bars, sauna, pharmacy, swimming pool, billiard halls. Favorite of politicians, artists, journalists, and businessmen. Visited by

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, and

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. *Kiosko Morisco, later moved to the main square of

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Transportation

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stations Balderas and Bellas Artes are adjacent to Avenida Juárez, as is the Hidalgo Metrobús ( bus rapid transit) station serving lines 3, 4 and 7.

References

{{Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Historic center of Mexico City Streets in Mexico City