It was a prestigious address, and lawyers' and actors' offices were located there.

[4] The building's side carried the letters of the giant advertisement "CANADA".

[3] In 1995, Judge Abraham Antonio Polo Uscanga (de) was assassinated here.

[3] In 2006, plastic artist Ramiro Chávez made an exhibit with the letters from the "CANADA" advertisement once they were taken down, which was shown at the Museo Carrillo Gil.

[3] After the March 2012 Guerrero–Oaxaca earthquake, the building was damaged and on August 17 of that year the Secretariat of Civil Protection of the Mexican Federal District ordered the complete evacuation of the building, which at the time still had 78 of its 420 offices occupied.