Changes are underway at local TV station canal 9 after Mexican media mogul Angel Gonzalez (who now lives in Miami) brought 80% of the TV station.
I’m not sure if this was related to the sale or was a long-term plan but the former studios of Canal 9 overlooking Av 9 de Julio are to be demolished for a new apartment building.
Too bad they’re not making more creative use of this building, perhaps even just maintaining the facade and cupola. The replacement appears to be simply yet another, bland, generic apartment building.
January 23rd, 2007 at 1:50 pm
I do agree with you, the picture of the building embracing an old tower in the skyline of Plaza Lavalle (showed in your home-page blog) is good example of how the new can interact in harmony with the old!
February 3rd, 2007 at 7:32 am
Ese edificio estaba “condenado” desde hace décadas. Toda esa esquina va a ser demolida para prolongar la Avenida Diagonal Sur hasta la 9 de Julio (un proyecto de hace casi 80 años aun no terminado). El nuevo edificio se adapta a esta realidad, pues está más “atras”. Sin embargo, ojalá pudieran salvar la cúpula y ensamblarla en otro lado.