Utopía Elena Poniatowska Inaugurated in Coyoacán with a 242-Million-Peso Investment
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada opened the community hub in San Lucas, Coyoacán, reclaiming nearly 20,000 m² of public space for over 130,000 residents.
Mexico City mayor Clara Brugada opened the community hub in San Lucas, Coyoacán, reclaiming nearly 20,000 m² of public space for over 130,000 residents.
Ashwin Ravikumar of DSA’s Mexico Solidarity Working Group on Iztapalapa’s 16 Utopías — community centers showing what ‘re-socializing the commons’ can look like.
The Mexico City mayor has been heavily criticized in recent months for a backlog in Utopia construction and a preference for painting everything lavender.
The Utopias are publicly owned community centres which seeks to bring recreational, cultural, health, and wellness services closer to the population.
Community centers in Mexico City’s most populous and poorest borough demonstrates their transformative power and presents a model for other cities throughout the world.
Residents in Álvaro Obregón did, however; approve the building of a Utopia, the free, socially oriented community centers pioneered by now head of government Clara Brugada.