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Last updateFri, 29 Apr 2016 3pm

Av. Chapultepec: More high rises or community park?

The mock-up below shows how a park could transform the Avenida Chapultepec/Mexico corridor at the site occupied for many years by the Bodega Aurrera supermarket. 

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Sources suggest that the owners of the land, Walmart de Mexico are keen to develop the plot for high-rise apartments. Residents of Santa Teresita have submitted proposals to Guadalajara municipal authorities to build a neighborhood park. 

Public readings of ‘Frankenstein’ on World Book Day

Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” will be read out aloud in a day-long session to be held in the pedestrian corridor – Rambla Cataluña – that runs alongside the Universidad de Guadalajara (UdG) rectory on World Book Day, Saturday, April 23.  The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.