From the Top

As you know, the apartment that I rent is located near the World Trade Center, the sixth tallest building in Mexico City.

A number of times I have eaten in the revolving restaurant near the top of the building.  It which offers panoramic views of the city.  However, recently an observation deck one story above the restaurant has opened.  Last Sunday, Alejandro and I were passing by an information booth outside of the World Trade Center, and since they were offering "two for one" tickets, we decided to go up. 

It's a good thing that we had a discount price, because I was not that impressed with the experience.  A guide was with us the entire time, and she gave us a device like a smart phone with which we could scan symbols that were pasted onto the windows.  The device would then show us pictures of city landmarks. Well, big deal.  I've already visited all those places myself.  I don't need to see Google Maps photos of them.  Furthermore, the view was not that good.  We were actually looking out through two sets of windows... the windows of the observation deck, and the windows of the restaurant which extend up to the floor where we were.  Fortunately, we then went down a couple of floors, and from there we were able to take some decent photos.

To the south we could see the "Torre Mitikah" which is currently under construction.  When it is completed it will be the city's tallest skyscraper. 

Another view to the south

The tall buildings follow the line of Insurgentes Avenue, the city's longest street.

A view to the east

At the upper right you can see the high rise buildings of the ritzy, new Santa Fe district.

Looking straight down

I put in an arrow marking the street where my apartment is located.

My friends Nancy and Fred will recognize the yellow building down there...

the Holiday Inn where they stayed when they visited me a few years ago.

The dark green swath running across the picture is Chapultepec Park.

At the right, the city's four tallest skyscrapers are all clustered together.

The line of taller buildings across the photo marks the route of the Paseo de la Reforma, the city's iconic boulevard.

The oddly shaped building in the foreground was the headquarters of Mexicana Airlines until it went bankrupt.  The structure is now owned by an insurance company.

Residents refer to the building as "la licuadora"... the blender.

Looking to the northeast

The black arrow points to the Latin American Tower. When it was built in the 1950s, it was the tallest skyscraper in all of Latin America.  Just to the right of it is the Historic Center of the city.

The red arrow points to the general vicinity where Alejandro lives.