Villa Adelaida–Historic Mansion to Shopping Center?
Posted by: k in Neighborhoods, The Colombian Way of Life
Just around the corner from where I live is an old and somewhat decrepit mansion called Villa Adelaida. It sits on a plot of land that stetches two blocks, from the Septima to the Quinta, just north of Calle 70. It’s also been a controversial subject for the past two years, as long as I have lived here, because some developers want their hands on it.
Right now Villa Adelaida is some kind of office for a parking company, and the back half of the property, the part facing Quinta, is actually a parking lot (and and expensive one) on the next block from where I live. It was scheduled to be converted into a shopping mall by Pedro Gomez, one of the biggest developers in Colombia and in Latin America, but the people in the neighborhood thought that was a totally inappropriate use.
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