Street life Photography: Street Life in Zona Rosa @ Mexico City

This area is located in a section of which was the most aristocratic neighborhood of the city : Colonia Juarez . Established around 1898 , its fantastic mansions clear eclectic style reflected the cosmopolitan atmosphere that lived there around 1910 , to accommodate ambassadors , businessmen and foreign officials. However , spaces that now occupies the Zona Rosa retains very few houses that workmanship .

"Crossing Reforma" to Genova Street @ Zona Rosa

"Rush after work" passing thru Reforma to Zona Rosa.

The nomenclature of its streets, according to Salvador Novo , reminiscent of the most famous cities in Europe: " Those who had gone to the Europes , it emphasized to live in the newly Colonia Juarez full of Hamburgos , Vienas , Liverpooles , London and Naples " . lives"

"Vamos al Grano" / "Let´s get to the point" at Cafe Cielito Lindo

As varied as their businesses is the origin of its name ( Zona Rosa ) and the year of his baptism . Some assume that the anger and unrest of the sixties decreed its formal birth, in 1967 , as a bohemian place and dedicated to youth. Regarding his name , some attribute the writer Vicente Leñero , for whom this area was " too shy to be red and too bold to be white . "

"Waiting for you nest to this nude lady" at Cafe Cielito Lindo.

Another theory assumes the existence of buildings with painted pink facades, figure mentioned by Carlos Fuentes in the Air is clear . Most are inclined to the version that was the painter Jose Luis Cuevas who named it and , as he himself said , it was in homage to the Cuban actress Rosa Carmina . Finish this count versions mentioned that the journalist Agustin Barrios Gomez as the author 's name.

"La pura tentación" / "Temptation"

In the eighties, Zona Rosa began a period of decline that took shine to benefit other areas like Polanco. With low demand for spaces in the area, other social groups saw opportunities in their areas as the Korean community and especially the gay community has established a large number of businesses ranging from sex shops and boutiques to famous nightclubs this has led to the Zona Rosa, without being a gay neighborhood, whether to become one of the first places of respect open to the rights of this community, which reaches its climax every year with the Gay Pride Parade on Paseo Reform the last Saturday of June.

"Passionate love"

"Se solicita chofer"

"Restaurante Sofia`s neighbor."

"Face to face encounters" After work.

These groups along with strong residential, hotel and commercial investments around the Paseo de la Reforma are giving new life to the streets with innovative projects such as the complex Reforma 222 mixed uses one of the most successful in recent years in the city, as well as the Park Hyatt, St. Regis and Ritz Carlton that are open in the coming years and promise to return the air of splendor to this area.