Excélsior is a daily newspaper in Mexico City. It is the second oldest paper in the city after El Universal, printing its first issue on March 18, 1917.
View of the façade of Excélsior's headquarters, focusing on the historic building, at Paseo de la Reforma 18.
Old Excélsior headquarters at Nuevo México street.
The Excélsior building seen from the Esquina de la Información at night, in 2015.
Paseo de la Reforma is a wide avenue that runs diagonally across the heart of Mexico City. It was designed at the behest of Emperor Maximilian by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig during the era of the Second Mexican Empire and modeled after the great boulevards of Europe, such as the Ringstraße in Vienna and the Champs-Élysées in Paris. The planned grand avenue was to link the National Palace with the imperial residence, Chapultepec Castle, which was then on the southwestern edge of town. The project was originally named Paseo de la Emperatriz in honor of Maximilian's consort Empress Carlota. After the fall of the Empire and Maximilian's subsequent execution, the Restored Republic renamed the Paseo in honor of the La Reforma.
Paseo de la Reforma as seen from Chapultepec Castle
Paseo de la Reforma skyline
Nivel cero de la Ciudad de México, topographic monument 1875, to mark the path of the Paseo.
Ornate King Charles IV of Spain statue of the Paseo de la Reforma in the 19th century.
