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Zona Rosa is one of three areas in Mexico City where gay bars and other businesses operate, along with Plaza Garibaldi and an area on Avenida Insurgentes South. [21] However, Zona Rosa is the largest of these and considered to be the gay community's business center, with over 200 businesses spread over 16 blocks. [19]
Colonia Juarez - includes the Zona Rosa area, a gay friendly shopping area; Coyoacán - Town founded by Cortés swallowed by the city in the 1950s, countercultural neighborhood in downtown. Del Valle - Upscale residential neighborhood and cradle of José López Portillo and many other important people in Mexican history.
The Plaza is known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music. All throughout the day and night, mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors to the Plaza. [1] The Salón Tenampa, which became the home of mariachi music in Mexico City in the 1920s, is still in business on the north side of the plaza.
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Condesa or La Condesa is an area in the Cuauhtémoc Borough of Mexico City, south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square. It is immediately west of Colonia Roma , together with which it is designated as a "Barrio Mágico Turístico" ("Touristic Magic Neighborhood").
Today, Zona Rosa comprises 24 of the colonia's 99 city blocks, [7] and shares the rest of the area's architecture and streets named after European cities. [3] The area received its current name from artist José Luis Cuevas in the 1960s, who declared that it was “too fearful to be a red zone” (a zona roja or red zone in Spanish is an area ...
Mexico's ageless goalkeeper Memo Ochoa is playing in his fifth World Cup at age 37 and shows no signs of slowing down, delivering more heroic saves. 'He always shows up.' How Memo Ochoa became ...
The borough is the most visited area of the city by tourists, [16] who mostly come to see the historic center and Zona Rosa. [13] People from other parts of the city come to visit the museums and large public markets such as La Lagunilla, Mixcalco, Hidalgo, Medellín and San Juan.