The closest subway station to my apartment is San Pedro de los Pinos on Line 7. Sometimes I take that line if I want to go to the Anthropology Museum. I get off three three stops later at the Auditorio station. It is at the far northwestern edge of Section 1 of Chapultepec Park and a short walk from the museum. A while ago, the station was closed for renovations, and it reopened just a short time ago. I went through that station last week when I wanted to go to the Global Village that has been set up for the World Cup. I got to see the renovations.
The walls of the station are covered with dark gray marble. The ceiling has wood (or perhaps faux wood) beams.
Most of the concrete dividers between the track are painted with abstract designs. However, some of them have semi-abstract paintings of motifs from the pre-Hispanic civilizations.
Quetzalcoatl, the Feathered Serpent
An Olmec head
A Mayan "chac mool" statue
As you head toward the exit there are large panels painted with stylized images of Coatlicue, the Aztec mother goddess.
As you leave the station, instead of the typical turnstiles, there are automatic gates. Notice the fellow to the right. He is obviously a visitor from South Africa. He has a South African flag draped across his shoulders, and he was probably going to the Global Village to root on his home team.
The most distinctive feature of the renovated station are the stained glass windows which depict Mexican motifs... a hummingbird, an axolotl, a prickly pear cactus, and an ear of corn.
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