From derelict art deco homes to vivid old Mexico City venues

The team at ReUrbano (Reciclaje Urbano) are specialists in “urban recycling”, transforming abandoned Mexico City properties into mixed-use hotspots to help rebuild the center city. Focused on historical neighborhoods like Colonia Roma and Condesa, they aim to bring density back to streets that flourished at the end of the 19th century, but waned in popularity before receiving crushing losses in the ‘85 earthquake. On Havre Street in Colonia Juárez, once the city’s most exclusive neighborhood, ReUrbano (al