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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexicoen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1899 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorGruber, Jacquesen_US
dc.date1899en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-01-25T21:51:37Z
dc.date.available2013-01-25T21:51:37Z
dc.date.issued1899en_US
dc.identifier186659en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 1855en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/95853
dc.descriptionThis building came into being as the “Mercantile Center” in 1899, built for a merchant by the name of Jose de Teresa. At the end of the 19th century, Mexico made strides to modernize; one way of doing this was by introducing new building techniques. It was the first building built using the “Chicago” technique, using iron and concrete and was home to one of the first department stores in Mexico City. Its entrance and facade is located on 16 de Septiembre and not the Zocalo. For that reason, its facade is the original Neoclassical and not the neocolonial mandated by the government to unify the appearance of the Zocalo. Only the side of the building facing the Zocalo itself has been redone in this fashion. The interior of the hotel maintains most of the original decor created when it was a department store. It is a decorated lavishly in the Art Nouveau style. It had an undulating and enveloping stairway, which was a replica of the one from the Au Bon Marché store in Paris, but it was lost in 1966. However, the cage-like elevators and the stained-glass ceiling designed by French artisan Jacques Gruber are all originals.; This building came into being as the “Mercantile Center” in 1899, built for a merchant by the name of Jose de Teresa. At the end of the 19th century, Mexico made strides to modernize; one way of doing this was by introducing new building techniques. It was the first building built using the “Chicago” technique, using iron and concrete and was home to one of the first department stores in Mexico City. Its entrance and facade is located on 16 de Septiembre and not the Zocalo. For that reason, its facade is the original Neoclassical and not the neocolonial mandated by the government to unify the appearance of the Zocalo. Only the side of the building facing the Zocalo itself has been redone in this fashion. The interior of the hotel maintains most of the original decor created when it was a department store. It is a decorated lavishly in the Art Nouveau style. It had an undulating and enveloping stairway, which was a replica of the one from the Au Bon Marché store in Paris, but it was lost in 1966. However, the cage-like elevators and the stained-glass ceiling designed by French artisan Jacques Gruber are all originals. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 6/22/2009)en_US
dc.format.mediumcast iron; concrete; stained glassen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectural exteriorsen_US
dc.subjectbusiness, commerce and tradeen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectNineteenth centuryen_US
dc.subjectArt Nouveauen_US
dc.titleGran Hotel Ciudad de Méxicoen_US
dc.title.alternativeMercantile Centeren_US
dc.title.alternativeEl Centro Mercantilen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-M-MC-HC-A1en_US
vra.culturalContextMexicanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling) stained glassen_US
vra.worktypehotel (public accommodation)en_US
vra.worktypedepartment storeen_US
dc.contributor.displayJacques Gruber (French interior designer, 1870-1936)en_US


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