Everything about Zona Rosa totally explained
» This article is about Mexico City, for other uses read Zona Rosa (disambiguation)The Zona Rosa (Pink zone) is the name used to refer to a part of Colonia Juarez in Mexico City, just south of Paseo de la Reforma.
The area is between
Paseo de la Reforma,
Insurgentes Avenue,
Chapultepec Avenue, and
Florencia Street.
During the administration of
President Porfirio Diaz, the neighborhood became an important suburb of Mexico City. The mansions (called "casas porfirianas") were built in
Beaux-Arts architecture. During the time between
1891 and
1902 a
trolley provided transportation from this area to
Chapultepec.
In the
1950s the suburb became a business, commercial, social and tourist center and most of the old houses were torn down. In the
1960s, art galleries were created with the support of artist and intellectuals such as
José Luis Cuevas and
Guadalupe Amor and the area received many tourists during the
1968 Summer Olympics. The
cosmopolitan feature of the area attracted local and international visitors which encouraged the creation of hotels, jewelries, nightclubs,
handicraft markets as well as the city's best restaurants and antique stores.
After the
1985 earthquake, the area dramatically changed and today is better known for containing a large portion of the city's gay bars and restaurants.
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