Mexico City

Different evenmts take place at Polyforum:

http://www.sic.gob.mx/galeria_imagen/4fdb53ef17737HAH_080512_5883_POLYFORUM_ok.jpg

Theatre:

http://www.tono.tv/fotos/2010/jp/_DSC6356.jpg

Improv:

http://thehappening.com/images/blogs/interior_grande/blog_images_1344360724-improlucha-01.jpg

Concerts:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yVtQFu_tGEc/T4pxgbBnXuI/AAAAAAAANRg/onj6jSCY9eY/s1600/indieo+fest.jpg

...even weddings:

http://cdn0.bodas.com.mx/emp/fotos/5/5/3/4/659_5_85534.JPG

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Also at Colonia Nápoles we find the Estadio Azul, home of the Cruz Azul team, the smallest of professional soccer stadiums in the city:

http://capitalmx.mx/web/images/estadios/o_cruz_azul_estadio_azul-396935.jpg

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@fbaezer,

This is cool. I teach seventh graders a segment on Aztecs, and we incorporated a Rivera of Tenochtitlan. It is so similar in color and style, I wonder if the Tenochtitlan Marketplace is a part of this series or a stand alone.

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You may have noticed that there's another stadium next to Estadio Azul.
It's the Plaza México, for bullfights:

http://www.turiguide.com/images/Plaza-de-toros.jpg

It is the biggest bullring in the world:

http://hardtimesnews.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/zplasatorosnota.jpg

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@Lash,

It is part of the series, Lash.

http://s2.subirimagenes.com/otros/4997838tlatelolco.jpg

Everyone: this is aabout the National Palace, on the first couple of pages of the thread.

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At Insurgentes Avenue, in Colonia San José Insurgentes, we find the Teatro de los Insurgentes (the Insurgentes are the founding fathers who fought for independence against the Spaniards).

The mural, by Rivera, is "The History of Theatre in Mexico":

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http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6120/6233518974_7f169bfd54_z.jpg

In the middle, comedian Cantinflas as a divide between social classes:

http://www.quintanarooaldia.com/img/articles/img/363be8483d369a4957716f2b718f5f29.jpg

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@fbaezer,

Hah, I've been there, I think - where I saw Dominguez years ago, towards the end of his, uh, tenure.

On Siqueiros - that's all rather overwhelming. I've not seen all that, just in books.
I'm not inclined to want to go see a performance (well, maybe once) at the theater. But I still like the interior major murals. I can see where one can get over him, but man, he is strong.

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In the southern end of Benito Juárez, the National Cinemateque:

http://static.tvazteca.com/imagenes/2012/38/Cineteca-Nacional-anuncia-nombres-sus-1708085.jpg

http://i2.esmas.com/2011/07/12/243351/cineteca-nacional-619x348.jpg

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At San Pedro de los Pinos, an old convent, turned public Junior High School:

Another view of San Pedro de los Pinos:

http://www.ciudadmexico.com.mx/images/zones/sanpedropinos/esquina_san_pedro.jpg

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Mixcoac is another old town eaten by the city.

Plaza de Santo Domingo:

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/5094595045_37b14e15f7_m.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4144/5095194738_1f0d616960_m.jpg

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4124/5094596667_e3d3071332_m.jpg

The parrish:

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7107/7663523836_1d1e67a743_z.jpg

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@fbaezer,

Wow! Love to know what you think of Rivera.....

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@fbaezer,

I was thinking bits of this look Islamic....then I remembered Spanish history and went, well, duh!

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We're done with Delegación Benito Juárez (I didn't include all the malls and boutiques and hospitals and restaurants), the richest in the city, and are back to the map, and moving east in order to visit Iztapalapa (light blue on the map), the poorest delegación.

http://www.m-a-m.com.mx/images/Mapa-Delegaciones.png

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Iztapalapa is the largest Delegación in Mexico City, and the most populated, almost 2 million people.
It's also the poorest. Its Human Development Index is barely above that of Costa Rica (while richer counties in the cities compare to Germany, Spain or South Korea).

This is an aerial view (spectacular, in my humble opinion):

http://mexicotenochtitlan.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/iztapalapa-panorc3a1mica.jpg

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@fbaezer,

Ok, then - meant that re moving on.

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As we go nearer, it doesn't look that nice:

http://tvciudadana.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/0910-039_cerrada-del-pedregal-delegacion-iztapalapa-mexico-df-2009.jpg

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and that was the good part?

I'll be quiet.

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Iztapalapa has a few lower middle class neighborhoods, but it consists mostly in working class colonias with some underclass dwellings.

This is colonia Sinatel, just across Portales (in Benito Juárez).
We joked to a friend who lives there. As we crossed the border between counties, a friend, who happens to be born and raised in Iztapalapa, exclaimed "Hic sunt leones!".