Clavería: Five Decades of Urban Consolidation

Abstract

Currently, Mexico City is undergoing constant transformation, a large part of which has been seen in neighborhoods founded in the 20th Century, which have been increasing in density from single-family to multifamily housing, leaving behind a social history that should not be forgotten. All of the capital's neighborhoods have been witness to this.Clavería, the neighborhood that is the focus of this article, grew to become a bulwark of residential housing in northern Mexico City. Immersed in the heart of Azcapotzalco, the heart of the city's industrial development, the neighborhood has a varied urban fabric, the product of its early 20th Century history.  The central argument of this article is to reveal the processes that contributed to this space's urban consolidation and its transformation from a housing development to a middle-class neighborhood five decades later.