World Trade Center Mexico City
The World Trade Center Mexico City, commonly known by its former name, Hotel de México, is a building complex located in the wealthy neighborhood of Colonia Nápoles in central Mexico City. Its most famous and recognizable feature is the 50-story, 172 metres (564 ft) high Torre WTC, the biggest building in the local area. It is the third tallest building in Mexico City when including antenna, and at its roof height, it stands 218 metres (715 ft).
Exterior of the building (c.2006)
Antenna and spiral tower. The XHFO-FM antenna shown here is the one replaced in 2009, which brings the building's height to 218 meters.
The Hotel de México was to have been the largest hotel in the Americas, a huge project started by the entrepreneur Manuel Suárez y Suárez in 1966 in Mexico City, Mexico.
The project ran out of control and was never completed.
After Suárez died in 1987 it stood unfinished for several years before being converted into an office building named the World Trade Center.
Suárez (right) with López Mateos
World Trade Center in 2013
The Polyforum. A statue of Siqueros and Suárez stands in front.