Tag: Centro Historico
Bars in Mérida’s Centro at risk of closing down for good
Employees of la Negrita pose for a photo holding signs petitioning the government to allow them to work. Photo: Courtesy
Angry Centro residents block ‘temporary’ bus stops
Residents in downtown Mérida blockaded a section of Calle 55 to prevent busses from loading and unloading passengers directly in front of their homes.
What 20th-century Meridanos left behind
Photo: Lee Steele / Yucatán Magazine
Beginning in the early 1970s, many of Mérida’s families left their homes...
Newspaper prompts probe into 24-hour engine noise from factory
Noise from a giant flour mill has made living dificult for neighbors. Photo: YEL
The constant, headache-inducing engine...
For bus passengers in the Centro, frustration and anger
Confusion will give way to order once the public adjusts to the new Centro, said Yucatan Gov....
A block on Calle 60 is suddenly tree-lined, a taste of...
Calle 60 outside the Teatro Peón Contreras and UADY’s Centro campus is narrowed to allow for one lane of traffic and...
New bus routes shift the noise to once-quiet streets
A municipal video posted on social media shows city workers at night, in front of Merida’s downtown Chapur, painting in stenciled...
Pedestrian streets to displace buses, cars in Merida’s historic center
Merida’s Centro Historico is turning busy streets into more pedestrian-friendly spaces to help stem the spread of coronavirus. Photo: Courtesy
Centro shelter deemed inadequate, shut down by state officials
A Santiago group home for the elderly was shut down by authorities Sunday. Photo: Yucatan Giving Outreach
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Open just 16 days before the lockdown, Between the Lines stays...
Between the Lines had barely gotten started when it was swept up in a global pandemic that shut down the...
Merida takes 1st step in returning to business as usual
On the first day of the first wave in reopening the economy, shoppers flocked downtown for some overdue errands.
1 water leak becomes 2 as Japay repairs aging pipes beneath...
Two major water-main leaks beneath Calle 64, between 59 and 57 in Merida’s Centro Historico, were repaired by Japay. Photo: Courtesy
Rain, glorious rain, finally comes to a parched Centro
Photo: Sipse
Rainfall, promised by weather forecasters for days, finally hit the Centro late Tuesday afternoon, and residents...
Rain and hail come to Yucatan, but Centro only gets a...
Rain skirts Merida, disappointing many parched residents. Photo: AccuWeather
The bulk of Saturday night's downpours skirted the Centro,...
Purse snatcher nabbed after alleged trash-day attack
A man was charged with grabbing a purse full of cash from an elderly woman in the Centro. Photo: Courtesy
Amid Centro hostilities, Mayor calls for tolerance
Mayor Renán Barrera Concha called for tolerance after a homeowner's protest banner caused a social media stir.
The battle over sidewalks in Merida’s Centro
Anti-noise protest banners are not new in Merida, but a larger-than-normal banner on Calle 43 caused a stir on social media when a homeowner stated his objection to a number of aggressions.
Centro home padlocked in ugly property dispute
A home on Calle 47 has been padlocked by state authorities while an ownership dispute is settled. Photo: Google
City intervenes at 4 crumbling Centro homes
Photo: La Verdad
Merida, Yucatan — The director of urban development has identified four abandoned homes in the...
On the market: Perfect combination of Old Merida, modern lifestyle
This is a true Old-Merida Colonial home that has just been renovated.
As Meridanos sleep in, the Centro is calm on a cool...
Photo: Punto Medio
Normally hot and bustling, downtown Merida was cold and quiet for Christmas morning.
INAH to approve 1,000 permits to Centro property owners in 2019
An increase in permits applications before INAH indicate a construction boom in Merida's Centro. Photo: Sipse
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Noise laws are not being enforced, group tells Merida officials
Merida's Centro Historico has gotten noisier in recent years as nightclubs have moved in. Photo: La Jornada Maya
Rainy season puts more of the Centro’s historic homes at risk
A casona on Calle 65 and 44 collapsed in heavy rains in 2017. Photo: Diario de Yucatán
Merida,...