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Parque México
The Parque México ((英語:lit. "Mexico Park")), also known as the Parque San Martín, is a large urban park located in Colonia Hipódromo in the Condesa area of Mexico City. It is recognized by its Art Deco architecture and decor as well as being one of the larger green areas in the city. The park was built in the 1920s, when its surrounding neighborhood of Colonia Hipódromo was being established. It is the former site of a horse race track on an hacienda that belonged to the Countess of Miravalle. When this part of the hacienda was being partitioned and redeveloped into a housing area, environmental laws at the time did not permit housing on the former track. Instead it was turned into the current park. Today, Parque México is not only the center of Colonia Hipódromo, it is also the center of the entire La Condesa section of the city.
==Description==
The park is located on Avenida México and Calle de Michoacán in Colonia Hipódromo, only two blocks from Avenida Insurgentes, one of the city’s main arteries. It was the first modern park, created with an architectural design. It copies many of the elements of European gardens, such as ponds and walkways. It has an extension of nine hectares in an elliptical design.〔 The park differs from other major parks such as the Alameda Central or Parque España. More traditional parks in Mexico City have paths that cut diagonally through them, but Parque Mexico's paths are more “organic” and less rigid, wandering around the various attractions.〔 The park hosts various cultural events, neighborhood gatherings and considered to be fashionable place to meet people.〔 One can see children playing soccer and riding bikes while adults stroll or exercise or just relax on the benches.〔
The park contains a number of other fountains, ponds, waterfalls and light posts that simulate tree trunks.〔 A large pond or small lake is inhabited by ducks and swans.〔 Many of the trees and other plants are native to humid areas of the Mediterranean such as Lebanese cypress, mimosas, and palms. There is also more exotic flora such as bamboo. Some of the existing trees were planted when the park was established.〔 The clock tower is Art Deco with ironwork and bells to mark the hour.〔 In the past, the clock tower played classical music to mark the hour.〔
The best known feature is the Teatro al Aire Libre Lindbergh (Lindbergh Open Air Theater), or simply Foro Lindbergh (Lindbergh Forum) which consists of five monumental pillars, topped with marquesinas and surrounded by a serpentine pergola. There is also a fountain with a sculpture of a woman with large jars, from which water used to flow. This was created by José María Hernández Urbina; the model was Luz Jiménez, who also modeled for Diego Rivera. The five pillars define the stage area, which also contains a four-section relief/mural by Roberto Montenegro, called “Alegoría al Teatro.〔〔 The forum is in an extreme disrepair, though in January 2013 the borough announced that it had secured budget to repair it.〔("Delegación Cuauhtémoc: la tercera, ¿será la vencida?: Se destina un presupuesto para rescatar el Foro Lindbergh del Parque México en la colonia Condesa, anuncia el jefe delegacional", ''Excelsior'', 17 January 2013 )〕
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