Plaza Carso is a large mixed-use development in the Nuevo Polanco area of Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City, backed by billionaire Carlos Slim. The total cost of the complex is quoted between US$800 million and 1.4 billion. The complex claims to be the largest mixed-use development in Latin America. It was built on the site of a former Vitro glass factory.
Part of the Plaza Carso development, with the Museo Soumaya in the foreground
Nuevo Polanco is an area of Mexico City formerly consisting of warehouses and factories, bordering the upscale Polanco on the north across Avenida Ejército Nacional. Officially it consists of two colonias, Granada and Ampliación Granada.
Museo Soumaya Plaza Carso. Behind, Grand Polanco apartment complex
Railroad to Cuernavaca crossing Marina Nacional, 1910s.
The Museo Júmex's saw-tooth roof allows for indirect natural lighting and alludes to the area's industrial past.