by | Nov 26, 2019 | Architecture, Mid-Century Modern, Religious & Public
Architecture Falcón International Dam Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Year Built – 1948-54 Under the auspices of the International Water and Boundary Commission, the U.S. and Mexican governments sought through the 1960s to repeat the integrated development strategy...
by | Nov 26, 2019 | Architecture, Mid-Century Modern, Religious & Public
Architecture Aerial view of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Year Built – 1950-54 Architects – Carlos Lazo On the shore of Falcón International Reservoir, the new town of Nueva Ciudad Guerrero was built in 1950-54 to replace Guerrero’s...
by | Nov 26, 2019 | Architecture, Mid-Century Modern, Residential
Architecture Calle Benito Juárez Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Year Built – 1954 Instead of a dense, compact urban fabric containing a mixture of uses, Guerrero is zoned, with residential neighborhoods of freestanding, single-family houses flanking a downtown commercial...
by | Nov 26, 2019 | Architecture, Mid-Century Modern, Religious & Public
Architecture Plaza Juárez and Palacio Municipal Nueva Ciudad Guerrero The central plaza is not in the center of town but isolated at one edge, on an acropolis near the lakeshore. The Palacio Municipal is a modern concrete building. Like Falcón Dam, it is an example of...
by | Nov 26, 2019 | Architecture, Mid-Century Modern, Religious & Public
Architecture Templo de Nuestra Señora del Regfugio, Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Nueva Ciudad Guerrero Year Built – 1959 Architects – Calle Eisenhower From as late as 1959, when the parish church of Nuestra Señora del Refugio was built in the new town of Nueva...
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