Enrique Aragón Echegaray

Simón Bolívar Obelisk, Reforma

Ubicaci�n Av. P.º de la Reforma 2, Col. Polanco, Alc. Miguel Hidalgo, 11540 CDMX

Public Art/Monuments

Niños Héroes Monument in Chapultepec Park

Ubicaci�n Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Col. Bosque de Chapultepec.

Public Art/Monuments

Torre del Reloj (Polanco Clock Tower)

Ubicaci�n Edgar Allan Poe, Polanco III Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11550 CDMX

Performing Arts

Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl

Ubicaci�n Citlaltépetl 25, Hipódromo, Cuauhtémoc, 06170 CDMX

Cultural/Community Ctrs

Parque de la Bombilla & Álvaro Obregón Monument

Ubicaci�n Av. de la Paz s/n, Col. Chimalistac.

Public Art/Monuments

Parque Lincoln, Polanco

Ubicaci�n Av. Emilio Castelar 163, Polanco, Polanco III Secc, Miguel Hidalgo, 11560 CDMX

Parks Parks

Enrique Aragón Echegaray is today mostly remembered for a few giant and important monuments in Mexico City. In fact, he was instrumental in the building of the early Polanco neighborhood in the 1930s. His influence on the look and the feel of the neighborhood would prove lasting.

A 1929 graduate of the UNAM Architecture program, he went on to great prominence. He became Artistic Assessor for the Federal District in the early 1930s. He went to work with the renowned National Program for the Construction of Schools, and later in the Public Works department of the Federal Government.

The sites below will each provide insight into the unique vision of Enrique Aragón Echegaray in the Mexico City of today.

Simón Bolívar Obelisk, Reforma

Niños Héroes Monument in Chapultepec Park

Torre del Reloj (Polanco Clock Tower)

Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl

Parque de la Bombilla & Álvaro Obregón Monument

Parque Lincoln, Polanco

Enrique Aragón Echegaray

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