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Hipódromo Condesa
Condesa or La Condesa is an area in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square. It is immediately west of Colonia Roma, together with which it is designated as a "Barrio Mágico Turístico" ("Touristic Magic Neighborhood"). Together they are often referred to as ''Condesa–Roma'', one of the most architecturally significant areas of the city and a bastion of the creative communities."Barrios Mágicos Turísticos", Distrito Federal official website. Retrieved 2013-04-23 It consists of three '' colonias'' or officially recognized neighborhoods: Colo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Neighborhoods In Mexico City
In Mexico, the neighborhoods of large metropolitan areas are known as Colonia (Mexico), colonias. One theory suggests that the name, which literally means colony, arose in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when one of the first urban developments outside Mexico City's core was built by a French immigrant colony. Unlike neighborhoods in the United States, ''colonias'' in Mexico City have a specific name which is used in all official documents and postal addresses. Usually, ''colonias'' are assigned a specific postal code; nonetheless, in recent urban developments, gated community, gated communities are also defined as ''colonias'', yet they share the postal code with adjacent neighborhoods. When writing a postal address the name of the ''colonia'' must be specified after the postal code and preceding the name of the city. For example: ::''Calle Dakota 145'' ::''Colonia Nápoles '' ::''Alc. Benito Juárez '' ::''03810 Ciudad de México '' Some of the better known ''colonias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacubaya
Tacubaya is a Poverty in Mexico, working-class area of Mexico City in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo, D.F., Miguel Hidalgo. The ''colonia (Mexico), colonia'' Tacubaya and adjacent areas in other colonias are collectively referred to as Tacubaya. San Miguel Chapultepec sección II, Observatorio, Daniel Garza, and Ampliación Daniel Garza are also considered part of Tacubaya. The area has been inhabited since the fifth century BC. Its name comes from Nahuatl, meaning “where water is gathered.” From the Spanish colonization of the Americas , colonial period to the beginning of the 20th century, Tacubaya was an separate entity to historic center of Mexico City, Mexico City and many of the city’s wealthy residents, including viceroys, built residences there to enjoy the area’s scenery. From the mid-19th century on, Tacubaya began to urbanization, urbanize both due to the growth of Mexico City and the growth of its own population. Along with this urbanization, the are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infill
In urban planning, infill, or in-fill, is the rededication of land in an Urban area, urban environment, usually Urban open space, open-space, to new construction. Infill also applies, within an urban polity, to construction on any Greenfield land, undeveloped land that is not on the urban margin. The slightly broader term "land recycling" is sometimes used instead. Infill has been promoted as an economical use of existing infrastructure and a remedy for urban sprawl. Detractors view increased urban density as overloading urban services, including increased traffic congestion and pollution, and decreasing urban green-space. Note: The odd grammar of the title is based on a quotation from Henry David Thoreau. Many also dislike it for social and historical reasons, partly due to its unproven effects and its similarity with gentrification. In the urban planning and Real estate developer, development industries, infill has been defined as the use of land within a built-up area for furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Deco
Art Deco, short for the French (), is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design that first Art Deco in Paris, appeared in Paris in the 1910s just before World War I and flourished in the United States and Europe during the 1920s to early 1930s, through styling and design of the exterior and interior of anything from large structures to small objects, including clothing, fashion, and jewelry. Art Deco has influenced buildings from skyscrapers to cinemas, bridges, ocean liners, trains, cars, trucks, buses, furniture, and everyday objects, including radios and vacuum cleaners. The name Art Deco came into use after the 1925 (International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts) held in Paris. It has its origin in the bold geometric forms of the Vienna Secession and Cubism. From the outset, Art Deco was influenced by the bright colors of Fauvism and the Ballets Russes, and the exoticized styles of art from Chinese art, China, Japanese art, Japan, Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Earthquakes In 1985
This is a list of earthquakes in 1985. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. All dates are listed according to UTC time. By death toll By magnitude By month January * January 21 – A 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Halmahera, Indonesia. * January 26 – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake in Mendoza Province, Argentina. Six people were killed, at least 238 were injured and about 12,500 homes were destroyed or damaged in the Mendoza area. The earthquake was also felt in La Ligua, Santiago, Coquimbo and Viña del Mar, Chile. February * February 2 – A 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Southern Iran. One person was killed, eighty were injured and about 1,500 buildings were damaged in the Firouzabad-Jahrom area. * February 23; A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck the Solomon Islands. March * March 2 – A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hits Sulawesi. Also felt at Palu. * Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
