Colonia Nápoles is a ''
colonia'' in
Benito Juárez, Mexico City in the North central area of the metropolis. Along with
Colonia Del Valle
Colonia Del Valle ( Spanish: ''Del Valle neighborhood'') is a Colonia in the Benito Juarez borough of Mexico City. Founded as an aristocratic recreational neighborhood during the Porfiriato era, it has witnessed the various transformations ...
, it's among the most representative of
Mid-Century neighborhoods of Mexico City.
Location
It is bordered by:
* Viaducto Río Becerra and colonia
San Pedro de los Pinos on the west
* Viaducto Río Becerra and
Viaducto Miguel Alemán Viaducto Miguel Alemán is a crosstown freeway, opened in September 1950, that runs east-west across central Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of No ...
, and colonia
Escandón on the north
*
Avenida de los Insurgentes
Avenida de los Insurgentes (), sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City, with a length of on a north-south axis across the city. Insurgentes has its origins in what was during the early 20th century known as ...
and
Colonia del Valle
Colonia Del Valle ( Spanish: ''Del Valle neighborhood'') is a Colonia in the Benito Juarez borough of Mexico City. Founded as an aristocratic recreational neighborhood during the Porfiriato era, it has witnessed the various transformations ...
on the east
* on the south, colonia Ampliación Nápoles stretches from Calle Georgia to
Eje 5 Sur San Antonio; across San Antonio is colonia
Ciudad de los Deportes.
Description
Landmarks include the
World Trade Center complex with offices, restaurants, cinemas and shopping, and the
Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros, a performing arts center designed and painted by
David Alfaro Siqueiros one of the most important muralists and painter in Mexico.
One of the original developments here in the late 1930s was Parque de la Lama, designed by Raúl Basurto, one of the principal architects of many of the new residential areas in
Polanco
Polanco is a neighborhood in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City. Polanco is an affluent '' colonia'', noted for its luxury shopping along Presidente Masaryk Avenue, the most expensive street in Mexico, as well as for the numerous pro ...
,
Colonia del Valle
Colonia Del Valle ( Spanish: ''Del Valle neighborhood'') is a Colonia in the Benito Juarez borough of Mexico City. Founded as an aristocratic recreational neighborhood during the Porfiriato era, it has witnessed the various transformations ...
,
Roma,
Condesa and others. The neighborhood was one of the most important spots for new modern architects as Vladimir Kaspé or young
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez new buildings. Also in a section of the neighborhoods, in the 1940s, the covenant required buyers to build single-family houses in a historic style called "Colonial California", (a Mexican term for the California style of
Spanish Colonial Revival architecture
The Spanish Colonial Revival architecture (), often known simply as Spanish Revival, is a term used to encompass a number of revivalist architectural styles based in both Spanish colonial architecture and Spanish architecture in general. Thes ...
). Many houses of this style can still be seen in Nápoles. Sample of the architecture in
Mid-century modern
Mid-century modern (MCM) is a movement in interior design, product design, graphic design, architecture and urban development that was present in all the world, but more popular in North America, Brazil and Europe from roughly 1945 to 197 ...
style, is the house designed in 1946 for the recognized architect
Vladimir Kaspé in the corner of the streets of Dakota and Nueva Jersey. La Nápoles and
La del Valle are the most iconic mid-century neighborhoods in the city. More recently, contemporary apartment buildings have been built as
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, ...
, some by
Javier Sánchez.
The neighborhood has the Parque Alameda Nápoles (Alfonso Esparza Oteo), a park.
"Parques", Delegación Benito Juárez website, archive of 2013-08-12
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Transportation
Public transportation
The area is served by the Mexico City Metrobús and EcoBici bikeshare.
Metrobus stations
* Nápoles
* Poliforum
* La Piedad
Gallery
Image:Colonial California house in colonia Nápoles, Mexico City.jpg, Colonial California house in colonia Nápoles
Image:Polyforum Siquieros and WTC in background.jpg, Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros and WTC in background
Image:Polyforum Siquieros portraits of Mexican muralists.jpg, Polyforum Cultural Siqueiros portraits of Mexican muralists
References
See also
*Barrios Mágicos
The Barrios Mágicos are twenty-one areas in Mexico City highlighted by the city government to attract tourism; the program is sponsored by the city government and is patterned after the " Pueblos Mágicos" (Magical Towns) program of the Mexican fe ...
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