statistics

El Centro = 9.1 km2 = 668 manzanas (blocks) = < 1% D.F.

1,500 buildings catalogued as historic monuments

75% of monuments in the city

Between 1970 and 2000, the Centro lost over half of its population (118,600 people fled).

In the nineties, 2,320 housing where lost.

Around 5,400 buildings remain empty.

An average 83 crimes are reported each day in the area.

The Centro houses 66 hotels and over 60,000 businesses.

Over 750 restaurants are located in the area, as well as 200 cantinas.

37% of original housing buildings and lots taken by commercial / storage uses.

Between 15,000 and 30,000 informal vendors work in the area.

70% of the buildings in the eastern part of the Centro Histórico are used as warehouses for, “mercancía caliente” (stolen or counterfeit goods). Between 12pm and 5am, over 500 trailers invade the area.