The Casa de los Mascarones stands out for its elaborate facade, which features thirty-six distinct stone masks carved into the exterior wall. Located on Avenida Ribera de San Cosme, this eighteenth-century structure reflects the Baroque…
Santa María la Ribera Walk
This walk takes you through one of Mexico City's very first planned suburbs, where fading Porfirian-era mansions and a spectacular Moorish gazebo meet a quiet creative and culinary resurgence.
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1. Casa de los Mascarones
2. Museo Universitario del Chopo
The Museo Universitario del Chopo is easily recognized by its two prominent, forty-seven-meter-tall spires and a facade built entirely of iron and glass. This structure was designed by Bruno Möhring in the German Jugendstil style for an…
3. Parroquia Josefina de la Sagrada Familia
The Parroquia Josefina de la Sagrada Familia, often called Los Josefinos, stands out in the Santa María la Ribera neighborhood for its distinctive neobyzantine facade made of pink cantera stone. Its appearance, featuring symmetric bell…
4. María Ciento38
María Ciento38 is a restaurant housed within a nineteenth-century mansion, identifiable by the gravel-floored patio and rustic, unvarnished wooden tables that suggest a Mediterranean-style home. Located on the street of the same number in…
5. Salón París
Salón París is defined by a clock hanging above the bar that is fixed to show almost eight o'clock at all times. This cantina, located on the corner of Jaime Torres Bodet and Salvador Díaz Mirón streets, has operated in the Santa María la…
6. Museo del Instituto de Geología de la UNAM
The Museo del Instituto de Geología de la UNAM is defined by its façade of volcanic ignimbrite stone, which is carved with relief figures of fossilized fish, shells, and reptiles. Located in the Santa María la Ribera neighborhood, this…
7. Kiosko Morisco
The Kiosko Morisco is an octagonal iron pavilion defined by its slender columns, intricate latticework, and a central glass dome. Designed by Mexican engineer José Ramón Ibarrola, the structure was forged in Andrew Carnegie’s Pennsylvania…
8. Biblioteca Vasconcelos
The Biblioteca Vasconcelos is defined by its massive, cavernous interior filled with suspended steel bookshelves that appear to float in mid-air. Designed by architect Alberto Kalach and opened in two thousand six, this structure in the…