Colonia Vista Alegre is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just south of the city's historic center . The boundaries of the colonia are formed by the following streets: Calzada de Chabacano to the south, José T. Cuellar to the north, Colonia Paulino Narvarro to the east and Calzada de Tlalpan to the west. The name, which translates to “Happy View,” derives from the view of what was then countryside which permitted views of the Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl volcanos as well as the Sierra del Ajusco and Sierra de las Cruces mountains.
9-401: In 1884, the city council authorized Eduardo Zozaya and Santiago Kerm to establish a number of residential subdivisions on former horse lands known as San Nicolás Tultengo and Santa Crucita. However, the initial project was not successful. Houses did not begin to be constructed in this area until the 1910s. In the 1920s, the area began to develop in an orderly manner. At first the area developed as
18-561: A number of protests. Schools in the colonia include Cedex Javier Barros Sierra technical school (public), Cetis Numero 3 technical school (public), El Castillo del Saber preschool (private), Emiliano Zapata preschool (public), Escuelas de Artesanias technical school (public), Instituto ICEL technical school (public), Instituto Mexico Contemporaneo primary school (private), Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta middle school (public) and Manuel Gutierrez Najera preschool (private). One major business
27-467: Is a colonia or neighborhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, just south of the city's historic center . It is a residential area although there has been recent redevelopment for more commercial uses. It contains two colonial era churches (one in ruins), a number of buildings containing public offices and it is the home of soft drink maker Pascual Boing . The borders of the colonia are marked by
36-623: Is the Cooperative Pascual, which produces soft drinks under brand names such as Boing. The facilities occupy two city blocks where the company was founded and it employs 2,000 workers in Mexico City. These two blocks and the water wells on them, have been the center of a legal dispute since the 1980s. Before it was subdivided into family housing, most of the land here was part of the De la Paz colonia, which extended from Fray Servando Teresa de Mier to
45-515: The Piedad River. The oldest colonial building of the area was the San Antonio Abad church and hospital, built in 1530 by Alonso Sanchez. Eventually, the complex was abandoned and fell into ruins although remnants that date from the 18th century can still be seen. However, the rest was redeveloped. The Calzada de San Antonio Abad was named after this complex. One of the oldest establishments in
54-496: The area is the Santa Cruz de Acatlán Church, as the original was built in 1637. It originally was a chapel called Santa Cruz de Acatlan de los Rastreros. When Mexico City was divided into thirteen parishes in 1772, this chapel became a parish. In the 19th century, the adjoining cemetery was secularized then eventually closed by the government, but the church itself was restored. The corner of Clavijero and Fray Servando Teresa de Mier
63-447: The following streets: Fray Servando Teresa de Mier to the north, Avenida del Taller to the south, Clavijero Street and Calzada de la Viga to the east and Calzada de San Antonio Abad to the west. The area is home to a number of government offices such as the city department of health on Xocongo Street, the federal Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Vivienda on San Antonio Abad, the administration of prisons. These buildings have attracted
72-402: The very large Colonia de la Paz, which included modern Colonia Tránsito , Colonia Esperanza , Colonia Paulino Navarro , Colonia Asturias and Colonia Ampliación Asturias . In 2003, a four-story building on Jose T. Cuellar collapsed while a party was in progress. The event destroyed the home of 13 families and temporarily dislocated 120 families from adjacent buildings. The collapsed building
81-628: Was damaged by the 1985 earthquake , and the collapse was attributed to the former damage. Subsequent evaluations by the city identified 64 similarly damaged buildings in and near the historic center. These properties were expropriated by the city government in order to prevent another collapse of an occupied building. The area is served by the Mexico City Metro . Metro stations 19°24′36.93″N 99°7′59.06″W / 19.4102583°N 99.1330722°W / 19.4102583; -99.1330722 Colonia Tr%C3%A1nsito Colonia Tránsito
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