Guadalupe Inn

Guadalupe Inn
Neighborhood of Mexico City
View of Guadalupe Inn from Plaza Valverde
Country Mexico
City Mexico City
BoroughÁlvaro Obregón
Postal code
01020

Guadalupe Inn is a colonia in Mexico City.

Location

Colonia Florida is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough, in southern Mexico City.

The neighborhood is bordered by:[1]

History

Guadalupe Inn was developed in the 1950s at the same time that adjacent Colonia Florida in the lands of Hacienda de Guadalupe, property of José de Teresa, brother in law of Porfirio Díaz.[2][3]

The neighborhood was planned with a modern design, with a roundabout in the center from which several diagonal streets would depart towards the limit of Guadalupe Inn. From its conception, the colonia was planned as a residential zone, but in recent years commercial buildings and multi-story buildings have been constructed near Av. Revolución and Avenida de los Insurgentes.

Lately, the construction of tall buildings at the interior of the area has provoked negative reactions from the neighbors.[4]

Street nomenclature

The streets in the neighborhood have names of Mexican composers such as Juventino Rosas, Macedonio Alcalá, Silvestre Revueltas and Felipe Villanueva.

In 1991, the segment of the Felipe Villanueva street between Manuel M. Ponce and Insurgentes Sur was changed to Su Santidad Juan Pablo II, in honor of Pope John Paul II, this, due to the fact of the Apostolic Nunciature in Mexico being located here. This was done despite a clear breach of the regulations for streets nomenclature changes of the Nomenclature Commission of the Federal District.[5]

Transportation

Public transportation

The area is served by the Mexico City Metro and Metrobús.

Metro stations

Metrobús stations

  • José María Velasco
  • Francia
  • Olivo
  • Altavista

References
  1. Mapa de colonias de la Delegación Álvaro Obregón (Map of colonias of the Álvaro Obregón borough)
  2. Instituto Nacional para el Federalismo y el Desarrollo Municipal. "Enciclopedia de los Municipios y Delegaciones de México" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  3. "Preguntas sobre la historia de Álvaro Obregón" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-06-18. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  4. "Protestan vecinos de Guadalupe Inn contra desarrollo de Ciber México". La Jornada (in Spanish). October 25, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  5. "Sin criterios ni reglas se cambiaron los nombres". Proceso (in Spanish). April 6, 1991. Retrieved June 17, 2018.

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