The ''Residencial San Felipe'' is a

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for

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families located in

Jesús María District, Lima Jesús María is one of the most centrally located districts of Lima, Peru. It is an upper class, high-density district and it usually ranks in the top districts with the best quality of life in Peru with an HDI of 0.8372 (2019), only behind the ...

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. It is built in the former premises of San Felipe racetrack, with its construction being decided in 1962 by the

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History

It was built on part of the land of the old San Felipe Hippodrome, from which it takes its name. It was designed by the team of architects of the National Housing Board of the

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, and part of the architectural project developed by the

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to alleviate the housing needs of the middle class. The work began in 1962 and was delivered four years later. The residential complex consists of 33 buildings of different heights. The land occupies an area of 27

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s, with squares and 25,000 m² of gardens; It has some 1,599 multi-family homes for the middle class due to the growth of the population in Lima, with affordable prices and easy payments.

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