Colonia del Valle

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Colonia del Valle or just del Valle is a neighborhood in the central borough of Benito Juárez in Mexico City and is one of the biggest colonias in the city. When referring to Colonia del Valle several colonias are put included: the official Colonia del Valle, plus Tlacoquemecatl del Valle, Presidente Miguel Aleman, Actipan, Acacias, Insurgentes San Borja and sometimes Colonia Narvarte is also included. Its rough limits are: to the north Viaducto Miguel Aleman, to the east Avenida Universidad and Cuauhtemoc, to the south Rio Mixcoac and to the west Avenida de los Insurgentes.

1 History
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[edit] History

The Colonia del Valle is situated on the grounds of what used to be old ranches of Santa Cruz, San Borja, Santa Rita, Tlacoquemécatl, and Amores, names of which are now street names in the colonia. The development of theses ranches into an urban neighborhood started in 1908, however the municipality only authorized the construction of country houses with plots no smaller than 1,000 square meters. lef The real development of del Valle started after 1920 near the Mariscal Sucre Park and Amores street and between 1921 and 1923 with the paving of Avenida de los Insurgentes big Californian style residences were built. During the 1930's what is known as the Parque Hundido (its official name is Parque Luis G. Urbina) was developed where Compañía Ladrillera de la Nochebuena used to be, However this park is on the other side of Insurgentes and not officially part of the Colonia del Valle. In the late 1940's Mexican architect Mario Pani built the functionalist Centro Urbano Miguel Aleman applying the theories of Le Corbusier. In the late 1970's many of its avenues were reconverted into Ejes Viales, throwing away the silence and peace of the area and many of the wealthy people moved up towards the hills to Aguilas or Jardines en la Montaña. Home of Mexicó's first supermarket in Universidad and Parroquia corner. Now, the big houses with gardens have disappeared and in their place are apartment buildings.

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Colonia del Valle is a reference for middle class in Mexico, mixture of residential and commercial real estate and has the best urban infrastructure endowment in the city, which attracts middle and upper middle class families. In addition to the Parque Hundido it has other parks, Parque San Lorenzo, Parque Tlacoquemecatl, Parque Ortiz Rubio, Parque Pilares, and Parque Acacias. It has several commercial streets like Insurgentes, Universidad and Felix Cuevas. It is the citý's heart, from Del Valle you can go everywhere and it will take no longer than an hour. It influence zone goes to Aguilas in the southwest to Santa Anita in the northeast. As many of Mexico City’s central neighborhoods it has undergone a real estate boom that has reinvigorated the neighborhood but also created tensions among the older inhabitants.