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300,

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. it is a work of noted Mexican architect

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.Georgina Cebey, “Insurgentes 300: un fantasma de la modernidad” ''Letras Libres'', 2014
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History

The building obtained its building permit in 1956, and opened in 1958, being one of the first tall condominiums in Mexico, with an elevator bank and a heliport. It was a prestigious address, and lawyers' and actors' offices were located there. The building's side carried the letters of the giant advertisement "CANADA". In 1995, Judge Abraham Antonio Polo Uscanga ( de) was assassinated here. In 2006, plastic artist Ramiro Chávez made an exhibit with the letters from the "CANADA" advertisement once they were taken down, which was shown at the

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. After the March

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, the building was damaged and on August 17 of that year the Secretariat of Civil Protection of the

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ordered the complete evacuation of the building, which at the time still had 78 of its 420 offices occupied. As of October 2013, some renovation and reinforcement work is going on in the building but it is not clear if these are enough to allow the building's reopening.

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