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Tlalpan is
one of the sixteen administrative boroughs of the Federal
District of Mexico City. It is the largest borough, with over eighty
percent under conservation as forest and other ecologically sensitive area. The
rest, almost all of it on the northern edge, has been urban since the mid 20th
century. When it was created in 1928, it was named after the most important
settlement of the area, Tlalpan, which is referred to as “Tlalpan center” to
distinguish it from the borough. This center, despite being in the urbanized
zone, still retains much of its provincial atmosphere with colonial era
mansions and cobblestone streets. Much of the borough’s importance stems from
its forested conservation areas, as it functions to provide oxygen to the Valley of
Mexico and serves for aquifer recharge.
Seventy percent of Mexico City’s water comes from wells in this borough.
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Monday, February 13, 2012
A Town Within a City
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Rainy Traffic
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Forest Flower
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“I went to see a band
in New York.
The lead singer got
on the microphone, and he said
How many of you
people feel like human beings tonight?
Then he said
How many of you feel
like animals?
And everyone cheered
after the animals part.
But the thing is, I
cheered after the human being part because I did not know that there was a
second part to the question.”
~Mitch Hedberg
E n j o y !
Background Music : Take Five by Al Jarreau!
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Friday, February 10, 2012
Structures
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| Mexico City |
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| Brooklyn, NYC |
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| Greenwich Village. Manhattan. NYC |
“Architecture
is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.”
~Le
Corbusier
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