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Basurto Building

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Basurto Building
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“The Basurto Building is located in the Condesa area of Mexico City, a work of architect Francisco J. Serrano, built between 1940 and 1945. Its design is post- Art Deco. It is fourteen storeys tall, unusually high for the constructions in the area of that period giving it iconic status and an emblem…”
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Atlas ObscuraJul 17

Art-Decó Condesa Buildings in México D.F., Mexico

After functioning as an autodrome (and racecourse), the Hipódromo-Condesa neighborhood began to divide and sell. It happened at the roaring 20's and to adjust to the modernity of the time most of the houses and residences were built in an Art-Decó style that lasts until today. The facades and the buildings obey the canons of the Art-Decó, but also the blacksmithing and the interior ornaments ad…

Skyscraper that survived earthquakes in 1985 and 2017.

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  • Parque MéxicoParkThe radio clock south of this park once transmitted radio signals.
  • Hipódromo-CondesaNeighborhoodNeighborhood with Art-Decó houses and residences from the roaring 20s.
  • Popocatepetl squareSightMajestic fountain with mosaics decorates this square.
  • Lindbergh ForumSightOpen-air theater decorated with murals by Roberto Montenegro.
  • Cinema LidoSightOld cinema with an emblematic tower, now a bookstore.
  • Basurto BuildingSightSkyscraper that survived earthquakes in 1985 and 2017.
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