Colonia Nápoles

Colonia Nápoles is a colonia, is an officially recognized neighborhood in Benito Juárez borough, Mexico City, and one of the iconic Mid-Century neighborhoods of Mexico City along with Colonia Del Valle.

Nápoles
Neighborhood of Mexico City
Colonial California house and World Trade Center in colonia Nápoles
Location of Colonia Nápoles (in red) within Benito Juárez borough
Country Mexico
City Mexico City
BoroughBenito Juárez
Area
 • Total0.976 km2 (0.377 sq mi)
Population
 (2015)
 • Total12,106[1]
Postal code
03810

Location

It is bordered by:[2]

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 like Polanco, a section of Roma or Del Valle, Hipódromo 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",[3] (a Mexican term for the California style of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture). Many houses of this style can still be seen in Nápoles. Sample of the architecture in Mid-century modern 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, some by Javier Sánchez.

The neighborhood has the Parque Alameda Nápoles (Alfonso Esparza Oteo), a 22,593-square-metre (5.6-acre) park.[4]

Transportation

Public transportation

The area is served by the Mexico City Metrobús and EcoBici bikeshare.

Metrobus stations

  • Nápoles
  • Poliforum
  • La Piedad
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References
  1. "Marco Geográfico Electoral 2014-2015". IEDF. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. "Nuestra Demarcación" (Our borders), Delegación Benito Juárez website, archive of 2013-08-12
  3. Patrice Elizabeth Olsenand. Artifacts of Revolution: Architecture, Society, and Politics in Mexico City. p. 202.
  4. "Parques", Delegación Benito Juárez website, archive of 2013-08-12

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