Line 12 ofMexico City’s Metro (subway) systemwas originally opened in October 2012. The new line, also known as the Golden Line, extended the city’s metro system into several lower income areas in the south-eastern part of the city, including Tlahuac, Milpa Alta, Xochimilco and Iztapalap...
The city on the swamp is still sinking today, sometimes at a rate of up to 30cm per year! Regardless, this metropolis of over 20 million people has become a melting pot for the food and culture of Mexico. From tree-lined European style avenues to old colonial houses and a barrage of t...
as mexico city continues to pull water from the aquifer below, its ground is sinking. the subsidence that results from groundwater extraction is a problem all over the world, but it is especially dramatic here. the aquifer has been under increasing pressure over the last several decades as the...
Drainage and artesian wells have lowered the water table so that the surface crust, formerly supported by subsoil water, can no longer sustain the city's heavier buildings, which are sinking some 4 to 12 in. (10.2–30 cm) a year. Some of Mexico's finest buildings have been damaged, amo...
Mexico's geography in the Press Comments Off on Mexico City subsidence and the metro system Dec 202017 Katherine Kornei has just published an interesting account of the recent effects in Mexico City of ground subsidence on the city’s metro system: Sinking of Mexico City linked to metro accid...
built by the Aztecs on top of a lake — which is one of the reasons why you’ll see a lot of buildings in modern-day Mexico City that look like they are sinking. In the Zócalo, you can actually see how much they have sunk into the ground over time, and some of the buildings ev...
Unfortunately local officials didnt agree with his ideas and created several roadblocks, stopping permits and finally sinking his plans. The Hotel went under and now years later it has been converted into a Tourist School. And next door to the School we find the Palace of Cortes… Legend has ...
Map showing the location of Shell’s Dover discovery and its proximity to Shell’s new Appomattox host in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico HOUSTON, May 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Shell Offshore, Inc. (“Shell”) today announced a large, deep-water, exploration discovery in the Norphlet geologic...
It was found that our national character was sinking in the opinion of foreign nations. [The media also says this about the US today.] The Congress [of 13 states] could make treaties of commerce but not enforce the observance of them. We were suffering from the restrictions of foreign ...
Building is sinking and since Mexico City is a city much affected by earthquakes, it does pose a serious chance it might collapse. There is only one elevator and at least four times a month someone gets stuck. You get what you pay fo...