Plaza Garibaldi
The plans include a remodeled plaza and extensive rework of the surrounding buildings and streets plus sidewalks, with the goal of making the area safe for visitors at all times.
These films featured movie stars such as Tito Guízar, Jorge Negrete, José Alfredo Jiménez and Pedro Infante, who would often sing mariachi songs to their leading ladies.
[2] On one side of Plaza Garibaldi is the Salón Tenampa, which became a major nightspot in the 1920s when Cirilo Marmolejo and his mariachi band started playing there regularly.
[1] Garibaldi Plaza soon attracted other mariachi musicians, who would be paid by gentlemen to sing to their partners in the style of Marmolejo or the Charro movie stars.
[2] The popularity of Charro movies has waned and Marmolejo died some time ago, but mariachi bands can still be found here day and night.
[4] Hernández opened the establishment to give his fellow “Jalisquenses” a taste of home, with foods such as birria and pozole, as well as tequila and mariachi music.
Soon after opening his establishment, Hernández located a mariachi musician he knew in Cocula, Concho Andrade, and convinced him to play at El Tenampa.
Over the decades, the establishment hosted kings, princesses, presidents, and prime ministers, as well as innumerable politicians, artists and intellectuals from Mexico and abroad.
[1] Places to eat include the San Camilito Gastronomic Market, which is filled with small stands serving Mexican food, many specializing in birria.
[1][5] This deterioration has caused many legitimate businesses to leave these neighborhoods and the number of tourists visiting the Plaza itself has greatly declined.
[5][6] In spite of the area's serious decline, Plaza Garibaldi remains one of the best-recognized places by foreign visitors in Mexico City.
[6] The goal of the Garibaldi project is to recuperate one of the most “emblematic” or “iconic” places,[5][12] and to restore it as one of the premier nightspots in Mexico City.
A “security zone” between La Lagunilla (just east of Plaza Garibaldi), extending west and south to the Palacio de Bellas Artes, has been created so that the area can be visited 24 hours a day.
[10] To rid the area of indigents and drunks, social workers are being employed to lead people to shelters and/or to job training services as appropriate.
[5][10] It is hoped that these combined efforts will move “anti-social” elements to other parts of the city, allowing businesses and private investment to return.
Shabazz was apparently the victim of a common scam: he and his friend were lured into a bar by a young woman, where they bought over-priced drinks, and when presented with an outrageous bill, chose to fight rather than pay.
[11] The renovation extends to the facades of 32 buildings that face the plaza, as well as infrastructure projects such as water, drainage and cable burial.
[11] Located just behind the Agave Garden on the Plaza,[5] the museum is a three-story building with clear glass walls, stone floors, and an area of 220 m2.
The architect of the project is Adriana Sepúlveda Vildósola, who is sponsored by the Autoridad de Espacio Público of Mexico City.
[16] The purpose of the museum is to show the drinks’ origins, production and wide variety, and their place in the history of Mexico and Mexican cuisine.
[14] The statues of Mexican music greats such as Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete, Javier Solís and others are being moved to Republica de Honduras Street.
