Polanco, Mexico City

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Polanco
Clockwise from top: Shops along Avenida Presidente Masaryk; St. Augustine Parish; Angela Peralta Amphitheater in Parque Lincoln; and Obelisk to Simón Bolivar at the Paseo de la Reforma entrance to Polanco
Polanco is located in Mexico City Central
Polanco
Polanco
Location of Polanco in Central/Western Mexico City
Coordinates: 19°26′N 99°12′W / 19.433°N 99.200°W / 19.433; -99.200
Websitehttp://www.polanco-online.com.mx

Polanco is a neighborhood in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City. Polanco is an affluent colonia, noted for its luxury shopping along Presidente Masaryk Avenue, the most expensive street in Mexico,[1] as well as for the numerous prominent cultural institutions located within the neighborhood.

Originally a

shopping district
.

Polanco is often called the "

high-net-worth individuals, upscale hotels, and diplomatic missions and embassies. It is one of the most expensive real estate markets in Latin America.[6]

A newer development north of Polanco, popularly termed "

business district that is home to BBVA, WeWork and Telecel[7] while also housing important cultural institutions such as the Museo Soumaya and the Colección Jumex
. Nuevo Polanco, officially in the colonias of Granada and Ampliación Granada, is not part of the Polanco neighborhood. However, Polanco and Nuevo Polanco are sometimes grouped together.

History

Plaza Campos Eliseos in Polanco

The colonia takes its name from a river that crossed what is now the Avenue Campos Elisios (Elysian Fields Avenue), named in memory of the Spanish Jesuit Juan Alfonso de Polanco, a secretary of Ignatius of Loyola, whose relatives, members of the Polanco family, were members of board of the Kings of Spain in the 17th century and came to Mexico as officers of the Crown.

In a plan made by Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres and dated 1784, a "ruined house Polanco" is located on the grounds of the Hacienda de San Juan de los Morales. This hacienda sits on land donated in the sixteenth century to Hernán Cortés by the King of Spain, under the jurisdiction of Tacuba. At the beginning of the colonial times, parts of this land (near the current center of the Hacienda) were occupied for planting mulberry trees for breeding silkworms (hence the name "los morales"). The hull of the Hacienda as currently known dates from the eighteenth century. Extension lands belonging to the estate began to be divided in the late 1920s.

Polanco was developed in 1937 by the Aleman family, the same developers of

Simon Bolivar
facing Reforma. In those days, there were only mansions surrounded by gardens and tree lined streets.

By the 1960s, the first department store arrived in the neighborhood, forever transforming the face of Polanco. In the 1970s, the last piece of land to be developed was sold, the triangle of Ejército Nacional, Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca and Periférico, where no stand-alone housing was built, only apartment buildings.

The

Lomas de Tecamachalco
.

Land prices have become some of the most expensive in the city,

Santa Fe
, two areas which have an edge on attracting new inhabitants. Ruben Darío Avenue, facing Chapultepec Park, and Campos Eliseos Avenue are two of the most expensive streets in Mexico City, with apartments ranging up to US$15 million.

Geography

View of the Polanco skyline

Polanco consists of five officially recognized colonias, called "Polanco I Sección", "Polanco II Sección", "Polanco III Sección", "Polanco IV Sección", and "Polanco V Sección".[9]

The borders of Polanco are:[9]

Formerly Polanco contained nine colonias whose names were: Bosque de Chapultepec, Bosque de Chapultepec Polanco, Chapultepec Morales, Chapultepec Polanco, Los Morales - Sección Palmas, Los Morales - Sección Alameda, Polanco Reforma, Polanco Chapultepec, and Rincón del Bosque.[10]

Museo Jumex
, establishments which are sometimes incorrectly reported as being in the Polanco neighborhood.

Demographics

The population of Polanco is 27,322, distributed as follows across the colonias:[11]

  • Zone I: 5,385
  • Zone II: 4,943
  • Zone III: 3,603
  • Zone IV: 3,634
  • Zone V: 9,757

Culture

A boutique housed in a former colonial californiano residence

Architecture

Polanco enjoyed a construction boom in the 1940s, when large single-family residences were built. The architectural style of most of these buildings was "Colonial Californiano", inspired by the Mission Revival Style in the Southwestern United States, with pseudo-baroque quarry windows, front-side gardens and inside halls. Some of these mansions have been renovated and converted into businesses and restaurants; many others have simply been torn down and replaced with new buildings.

Restaurants

Exterior entrance into Pujol

Notable restaurants in Polanco include

Mr. Chow
.

Frequently named as the best restaurant in Mexico, in 2022 Pujol ranked 5th in The World's 50 Best Restaurants.[12]

Parks

Part of the city's iconic park, Chapultepec, falls within Polanco's borders.

Parque Lincoln is the neighborhood park most associated with Polanco. The park's clock tower has become a symbol of Polanco.

Other parks in Polanco are the smaller Parque América, Parque Machado and the Plaza Uruguay.

Museums

The most important cultural institution located in the neighborhood is the

National Museum of Anthropology
, located in the area of Chapultepec Park that is officially part of Polanco.

Other institutions located in Polanco include the Museo Tamayo (in Chapultepec) and the Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros (highlighting the work of David Alfaro Siqueiros).

Government

The address of the Campo Marte, a venue under the administration of the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) is in Polanco. A Field of Mars, it is used for military and government events, as well as equestrian events.

Economy

Luxury shops on Av. Presidente Masaryk

In addition to the above-mentioned shopping and dining, Polanco and Nuevo Polanco together are one of the primary areas for Class A office space in the city and metro area. As of 2017 Polanco was the second fastest-growing area of new construction of office space.[13] Samsung, Coca-Cola, Visa, GM, Nestlé, Telmex/Grupo Carso and many more multinationals have their headquarters in the middle of Polanco.

Shopping

Avenida Presidente Masaryk

The highest-priced street and the one with the most upscale boutiques in

President of Czechoslovakia
.

Shops include

Brioni, Burberry, Bulgari, Chopard, Gucci, Hermès, Frette, Marc Jacobs, Max Mara, Hugo Boss, Rolex, Jaeger Le Coultre, Galerias Tehran, and Berger Joyeros.[15]

Frestanding department stores

Measuring 55,248 m2, the largest department store in Latin America is the flagship

Polanco also has a freestanding Liverpool department store, which at 37,000 m2 is the largest in the chain.

There is a

Innovasport superstore,[19] as did Saks Fifth Avenue from 2010 to 2020
.

Shopping centers

Shopping centers include:

Four other large shopping centers are located across the street from the northern edge of Polanco: Antara, Plaza Carso, Miyana and Centro Comercial Polanco.

Transportation

Polanco is bordered on the west by the Anillo Periférico ring road and the Avenida Río San Joaquín freeway is just to the north, connecting the Periférico via Polanco to central Mexico City. Main east-west thoroughfares include (south to north:) Paseo de la Reforma, Avenida Presidente Masaryk, Ave. Horacio, Ave. Homero, and Ave. Ejercito Nacional. Main north-south thoroughfares include (east to west): General Mariano Escobedo, Molière, Ferrocarril de Cuernavaca and Juan Vásquez Mella.

Public transit

Polanco is served by the

Mexico City metro (subway). The western terminus of the double decker buses of the Reforma line of the Metrobús (bus rapid transit) is in Polanco. Peseros (minibuses), city buses and trolleybuses
ply numerous streets in Polanco continuing to and from other parts of the city.

Education

Schools in Polanco include:

In popular culture

The mansion of

high rise buildings.[23]

Gallery

See also

References

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  11. ^ Source:Consejo de Evaluación del Desarrollo Social del Distrito Federal. EVALUA DF. Índice del Grado de Desarrollo Social de las Unidades Territoriales (Delegaciones, Colonias, Manzanas) del Distrito Federal. Abril de 2011. as published on the Miguel Hidalgo borough website Archived 15 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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External links

  • Polanco. Las transformaciones de un barrio. Rafael Fierro [1]

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