Avenida Juárez is a street in the

Historic Center of Mexico City The historic center of Mexico City ( es, Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on Zócalo or main plaza and extending in all directio ...

flanking the south side of the centuries-old

Alameda Central Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Created in 1592, the Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. It is located in Cuauhtémoc borough, adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes, between Juárez Aven ...

park. Originally each block had a different name: *Calle de la Puente de San Francisco between San Juan de Letrán (today Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas) and López, in front of the

Palacio de Bellas Artes The Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts) is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It has hosted notable events in music, dance, theatre, opera and literature in Mexico and has held important exhibitions of painting, sculpture and p ...

*Calle de Corpus Christi, between López and Nueva (today Luis Moya) *Calle del Calvario, between Nueva (today Luis Moya) and San Diego (hoy Dr. Mora) *Calle de Patoni between San Diego (today Dr. Mora) and Rosales/Bucareli/Paseo de la Reforma During the 1940s through the 1960s it was one of the city's boulevards, lined with upscale shops and hotels. In the

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, the Alameda, Del Prado and Regis hotels collapsed or were torn down. The street runs between the intersection of

Paseo de la Reforma Paseo de la Reforma (translated as "Promenade of the Reform") is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City. It was designed at the behest of Emperor Maximilian by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig during the era of the Secon ...

and

Avenida Bucareli Avenida Bucareli, often referred to as "Bucareli Street", is a main avenue and ''eje vial'' (arterial road) in Mexico City. It divides the Historic center on the east from Colonia Juárez on the west. It is named after the viceroy of New Spai ...

, marked by Sebastián's sculpture known as ''El Caballito'', and Eje 1 Central, east of which it becomes

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, the city's busiest pedestrian street.

Buildings and points of interest

* Edificio La Nacional, which houses a

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department store * Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (Museum of Memory and Tolerance) *

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* Corpus Christi Church *Hemiciclo de Juárez monument in the Alameda *Hotel Bamer, built 1953 * Avenida Juárez no. #18 (built 1883 by

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, the same architect of the

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), formerly Ignacio Torres Adalid's ''pulquería'' serving the

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drink

Former buildings

*"La Acordada" prison *Pabellón Español *Hotel Alameda *Hotel Del Prado (built 1933–1946), original home of

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

's mural '' Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central'' *Hotel Regis, which "brought together the upper echelons of the city" and aimed at being the best hotel in Mexico. Included a theater, restaurants, bars, sauna, pharmacy, swimming pool, billiard halls. Favorite of politicians, artists, journalists, and businessmen. Visited by

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, Frank Sinatra,

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, Fidel Castro, and

Agustín Lara Ángel Agustín María Carlos Fausto Mariano Alfonso del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús Lara y Aguirre del Pino (; October 30, 1897 – November 6, 1970), known as Agustín Lara, was a Mexican composer and performer of songs and boleros. He is recogn ...

. *Kiosko Morisco, later moved to the main square of

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Transportation

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stations Balderas and Bellas Artes are adjacent to Avenida Juárez, as is the Hidalgo Metrobús ( bus rapid transit) station serving lines 3, 4 and 7.

References

{{Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Historic center of Mexico City Streets in Mexico City