Colonia Esperanza, Cuauhtémoc

Colonia Esperanza is a small colonia or neighborhood located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just southeast of the historic center. Its borders are defined by the following streets: Lorenzo Boturini to the south, Fray Servando Teresa de Mier to the north, Calzada de la Viga Canal to the east and Francisco Javier Clavijero to the west.^[1]

Today it is an almostly completely residential neighborhood, but there is little known about its history. The Canal de la Viga passed through with a major bridge called Puente de Pipis located here, but over the years this canal dried up and the bridge disappeared. Around 1913, a company called Agricola y Colonizadora Mexicana began to subdivide and sell the land here for houses.^[1]

The area has one small park called Jardín Casimiro Chovell,^[1] and one preschool called Jardin de Niños Happy Kids on Topacio Street.^[2]

References

1. "Colonia Esperanza" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Borough of Cuauhtémoc. Retrieved September 2, 2010.
2. "Escuelas preescolares en Colonia Esperanza" (in Spanish). Retrieved September 2, 2010.

Coordinates: 19°25′11.17″N 99°7′42.53″W / 19.4197694°N 99.1284806°W