Escandón

[citation needed] The neighbourhood still preserves some of the constructions that were built in the first half of the 20th century, particularly from architectural styles as: art decó, colonial Californian, and the neocolonial.

As many other neighbourhoods founded in the first half of the 20th century, Escandón has several services and businesses that aim to attend the local population; some examples of this are the Jardín Morelos park and the market established in front of it.

In addition to the security and accommodation, the geographic location of the colony turns it into a good alternative for tourists in the large and agglomerated Mexico City; whether the city is visited by pleasure or by businesses, its roads of access connect it with a considerable quantity of tourist attractions and centres of businesses, that include two lines of system of metropolitan transport (or Metro), the Metrobús, Ecobici, as well as several routes of buses, included the Bicentenario line that runs along the Circuito Interior.

On the east side the streets bear the names Comercio, Agricultura and Minería as well as those of some social movements (such as Unión and Agrarismo) and of some professions (Arquitectos, Ingenieros).

On the west side, the names of the streets correspond to important figures in the history of Mexico and Latin America, such as Salvador Alvarado and José Martí.

It is known that the outline and division of the terrains were made by the Escandón Barrón brothers, whose family kept an intense activity in the creation of fraccionamientos and the real-state business in Mexico City since the end of the Porfiriato.

[3] Located in the vicinities of the then populated neighbourhood of Tacubaya, considered place of entertainment of the high society of the capital, Escandón was urbanized in a faster way on the west side, in which some villas were built.

In the decade of 1930, between the Insurgentes, Nuevo León and Benjamín Franklin Avenues and the Sindicalismo street, the first fraccionamiento (division) of Mexico City was established and named Insurgentes-Ejército Nacional, with houses in terrains that go from 140 to 380 square metres.

The names of the fraccionamientos, as well as the streets', are due to the fact that it was created so that generals, colonels, and other revolutionary soldiers of high rank could have their houses, which made that this small zone renowned.

Also the Fiesta Inn Hotel is another landmark in the corner of José Martí and Insurgentes Avenue, as well as the Angeles Hospital Mexico, which is on the street of Agrarismo.

As part of the remodelling in all the colony during the period of Gabriela Cuevas Barrón, the construction of the "Faro del Saber Escandón", located at the center of the Jardín Morelos park began.

In addition to the breweries, marisquerías have been installed through all the colony, one of the biggest is found inside the market, and the smallest, in front of the Hospital Angeles Mexico, in the street of Agrarismo.

There is a small venue in the corner of José Martí and Minería called "El Vitaminas", where broths of beef are served with tortillas of handmade corn, which are not expensive.

Another point of interest is the Sports Centre "Valle Escandón", in which sports-related and recreational activities are offered at low costs, as well as indoor football tournaments for all ages.