Old buildings at risk of collapse
Between 700 and 800 old buildings in downtown Guadalajara are at risk of collapse due to improper maintenance, Public Works Secretary Carlos Felipe Arias Garcia warned this week.
Between 700 and 800 old buildings in downtown Guadalajara are at risk of collapse due to improper maintenance, Public Works Secretary Carlos Felipe Arias Garcia warned this week.
Last Thursday thieves stole the cables used to illuminate Guadalajara’s iconic Minerva statue at night.
A block of public housing apartments in the working-class Miravalle neighborhood of Guadalajara has been transformed into a colorful artwork following four months of hard graft by local residents.
Between them, Guadalajara’s present and previous municipal administrations have delivered 3,000 laptop computers to local primary schools, with another 500 still to come.
The Mexican Army was called in to help evacuate Tonala residents on Monday, as heavy storms left hundreds of properties flooded, causing millions of pesos of damage.
Four people were injured in a massive blaze at a warehouse in Tonala where thieves had been storing stolen fuel last week.
At a height of 60 meters, Guadalajara’s brand new ferris wheel is the biggest in Latin America.
Guadalajara city officials will take advantage of a four-day trip to San Jose, California next week to promote the merits of the Ciudad Creativa Digital, the digital and telecommunications hub proposed to rescue the depressed downtown zone near the San Juan de Dios market.
Tonala hosts the famous “Dance of the Tastoanes” this weekend, an annual ritual commemorating an indigenous insurgence during the Spanish invasion of western Mexico.