Colonia Verónica Anzures
Verónica Anzures | |
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Miguel Hidalgo | |
Postal code | 11300 |
Colonia Verónica Anzures is a
Location
The neighborhood is bordered by:[1]
- Av. Marina Nacional to the northeast, across which is Colonia Tlaxpana and Colonia Anáhuac
- Bahía de San Hipólito street on the northwest, across which is Colonia Anáhuac
- Av. Ejército Nacional on the south, across which is Colonia Anzures
- Cuauhtémocborough
History
During the late years of the 1800s, Chapultepec was still surrounded by ranches, such as the Anzures, Polanco and La Teja ranches and the La Condesa and Los Morales haciendas.
In 1920, the owner of the Los Morales hacienda, Eduardo Cuevas Rubio, dies, leaving in his testament instructions for the partition of the hacienda in five sections. Sections I and II, then the closest to the center of Mexico City, became the colonia Verónica Anzures.[2] An area that, at the time, was known only as La Verónica, due to the proximity of the Calzada de La Verónica (today Circuito Interior Melchor Ocampo).[3]
In the 1950s, Verónica Anzures started to develop as a residential zone, described by anthropologist Luis Barjau as "an urban zone in the
Description
Verónica Anzures has, mainly, residential buildings of
From the first decade of the 21st century, the neighborhood has experienced a process of
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Mapa de colonias de la Delegación Miguel Hidalgo (Map of colonias of the Miguel Hidalgo borough)
- ^ La Hacienda de los Morales. "Historia de la Hacienda de los Morales" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-09-09. Retrieved 2018-06-14.
- ^ Connolly, Priscilla. "Promoción inmobiliaria en la ciudad de México (1920-1940) el caso de la colonia Anzures" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-06-14.
- ^ "Ascensión de la Verónica Anzures hasta la sierra de Michoacán, de Carlos García Mor". Proceso (in Spanish). October 17, 2005. Retrieved June 14, 2018.