The maintenance crews and museum guides who kept Mérida’s biggest park running are suddenly gone. Nearly 100 workers at Gran Parque La Plancha say they were let go this week by the federal company that runs the park, and they are now taking their case to labor authorities. The company, Grupo Aeroportuario, Ferroviario, de Servicios…
When asked what makes him different from other chefs, Chef Yusuke Kogure does not miss a beat. “I am obsessed with rice; it needs to be perfect — there is no middle ground.” Kogure explains that, despite popular belief, rice preparation requires exceptional attention to detail at every step and can be extremely tricky. …
Parque La Plancha in Mérida emerged as a standout winner at the 2024 National Biennial of Mexican Architecture, earning two major recognitions. The 50-acre public space project received both a silver medal for innovative lighting design and an honorable mention for landscape architecture. Nine other projects from the region received honorable mentions, including the Maya…
“Dialogue in the Dark” at Mérida’s Museo de la Luz is more than an exhibit; it is a movement to promote inclusion and empathy for the visually impaired. The experience has traveled to more than 130 cities in 35 countries and has been experienced by millions. The one-hour experience is designed to be an invisible…
Expect to see the Yucatán Symphony Orchestra (OSY) perform free programs featuring Mexican composers at the Parque la Plancha amphitheater. This contrasts with previous programs at the regal Peón Contreras theater, with box-office sales, box seats, and music featuring Brahms and Mozart. State officials affirmed “unwavering support” for the orchestra. This commitment follows a period…
The electric Ie-Tram is now connecting La Plancha with the Tren Maya Station in Teya.
El Paseo Navideño de las Flores marks the first Christmas celebration at the new La Plancha park beginning on Saturday. The Christmas-themed flower path includes floral topiaries resembling bears, dogs, reindeer and other animals. Flower paths have been a growing tradition in Mérida since 2017, but this is the first time it has had such…
After 30 years, a 50-acre parcel of land has been transformed from vacant rail yard to a modern playground
Among the attractions being built are an amphitheater for 1,000 people, an interactive fountain, a food market, elevated walkways, and a brand-new Train Museum.
With a budget of 350 million pesos, Meridá’s Calle 47 in Centro is poised to become the city’s hottest area for eating out.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal will tour Mérida’s La Plancha later today.
The park that should have been done by now is back in the planning stage. Turning La Plancha into “100% park” is officially approved after an announcement back in March. Diario de Yucatán announced that Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal led a meeting, accompanied by the coordinator of advisors, Álvaro Juanes Cámara, to follow up…
Mérida’s rail museum is across from La Plancha park but is often considered part of the same government-owned property.
The fate of the proposed Gran Parque La Plancha is in constant flux. But the current plan should please the park’s proponents. Yucatán Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have agreed that 100% of La Plancha land will be used as a public park, La Jornada Maya reported. Under previous…
Mérida’s former train station at La Plancha has gone unused for decades and is now part of the grounds of the ESAY, Yucatán’s art college. Photo: Carlos Rosado van der Gracht
La Plancha is the largest undeveloped plot of land in the Centro. Although it will not be part of the Tren Maya, 30% is intended to be sold to the private sector.
The so-called Mayan Train won’t be rolling into the Centro after all. Gov. Mauricio Vila Dosal said that Mérida’s station stop won’t be at La Plancha. Instead, it will be built in the vicinity of Hacienda Teya, near the Mérida-Cancun highway. Opponents also questioned the safety of allowing the train to traverse such a densely…
Volunteers say that they are beautifying the area in hopes that the government will stick to its promise and expand the park into some have dubbed “Meridá’s Central Park.”
With an agreement to build both a park and Tren Maya station at La Plancha, state authorities are tossing the 2016 master plan approved by the previous administration. To come up with La Plancha’s design, a competition among five local and five international architects will be organized by UADY, the Autonomous University of Yucatán. “We…
The federal government will consider building a large park at La Plancha, but it has not said whether it will follow a 200-page master plan created by neighbors and activists and approved in 2017. The Gran Parque de La Plancha will be incorporated into the Mayan Train project, the Mérida City Council reported. Mérida Mayor…
Residents living across from Artículo 123 park in Mérida’s La Plancha area were given some bad news from a Tren Maya representative. The envoy informed the homeowners that they would either have to relocate or live with restrictions — including a complete lack of street parking — since the entire area is to be surrounded…
A Mayan Train station at La Plancha would contaminate underground water systems with oils, fuels, sanitary wastewater and grease, a United Nations body warned. UN-Habitat also cited the risk of sinkholes given the characteristics of Yucatan’s soil. The analysis indicates that “the proposed route of the Mayan Train may be subject to damage … due…
The National Fund for Tourism Promotion (Fonatur) has withdrawn plans to run a train tunnel through the center of Merida to bring passengers to La Plancha. Rather, officials said that the city’s station stop will be south of the city. The Mayan Train was to travel through a 4-kilometers / 2.5-mile tunnel before reaching La Plancha, said Fonatur’s…
Merida, Yucatan — Mayor Renán Barrera Concha said that the Merida City Council will join local civic groups to oppose a 4-kilometer underground train tunnel connecting La Plancha with the eastern edge of the city. The mayor expressed concerns about any technical risk or damage to the city. Dozens of cenotes, or underground wells, exist…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now