Art-Decó Condesa Buildings in México D.F., Mexico

Mexico City's Condesa neighborhood is a time capsule of art deco architecture blended with Mexican imagery, according to Atlas Obscura. Starting as a former racecourse in the nineteen twenties, architects adorned buildings with Aztec faces, cacti, and Mayan elements alongside the style's geometric forms. The neighborhood survives through fountains and lampposts from nineteen twenty-seven, a mosaic-decorated plaza, the open-air Lindbergh Forum theater with murals by Roberto Montenegro, and the Cinema Lido—now a bookstore—whose emblematic tower still stands. The Basurto Building even endured the nineteen eighty-five and twenty seventeen earthquakes. At night, the area takes on a magical bohemian quality that makes it a quieter refuge within the city.

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