México´s
history at the reach of Madero street pedestrians
Francisco I. Madero Street, located in the center of the Mexican
capital, a place of great Hispanic colonial palaces or setting to large
manifestations during the Independence War and the Mexican Revolution, will be
closed to car traffic for history lovers to enjoy.
"In that street, in only four blocks, lives the entire history
of the country," said Ilan Semo, a historian with great knowledge of all the
corners of the capital?s historic center.
Seeing its immensity, today it seems incredible, but in the 17th
century the end of Mexico City was at the end of Francisco I. Madero Street,
where today the Latin-American tower is located, and that is why it was the
entrance to the capital, because it opened up to the great plaza of the Zocalo.
From its 600 feet you can see today a city without end, lacking
a horizon, and Madero Street filled with shops and alleyways through which no
cars circulate today since they started closing it to make it available to
pedestrians.
According to Alejandra Moreno, Coordinator of the Historic
Center Authority, this decision is part of the capital government?s integral
policy to make the center more accessible to citizens.
Even though traffic in the center has been complicated due to
the closing of this street, according to Moreno, a construction of large public
parking spaces has begun, as well as the implementation of a public
transportation system to minimize automobile use.
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