Three Quarter Time

MCM Project Update: The Third Quarter

Before I get into the the summary of the eventful third quarter of the project I’d like to present this video that I found by chance scrolling through the vast web.  Santiago Arau has done an exceptional job in condensing the flavour of the metro system into a one minute time-lapse video.  Check it out! […]

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Line B (Grey)

Station / Estación # 111: Lagunilla

Well, here we are.  Station triple one. That means that, as the metro system currently stands, (Line 12 still under construction) the third quarter of the project has been completed. It was quite advanced in the day before I ventured out so I decided to keep the project visit fairly close to home and clickety-clacked […]

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Line 4 (Light Blue), Line 9 (Brown)

Station / Estación # 110: Jamaica

¿Qué pensamientos y visiones rebotan alrededor de tus cavidades craniales cuando ‘Jamaica’ entra a tu mente? ¿Kingston? ¿Bahía Montego? ¿Bob Marley? ¿Críquet? ¿Red Stripe? Bueno, también es el nombre de una estación del metro. Toma su nombre del mercado cercano que especializa en flores. Durante la visita me chocaron con unas lluvias fuertes, algo que […]

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Line 2 (Blue)

Station / Estación # 109: Cuatro Caminos

Aah, Cuatro Caminos.  Good ol’ Four Ways. Along the way in this metro meandering journey I’ve been given advice and ideas, here and there, about different points of interest around various stations, things to look out for as I rove. It has all been heeded, though not always followed. Cuatro Caminos fits into and deserves […]

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Line 1 (Pink)

Station / Estación # 108: Chapultepec

¿Hay algo más sano y jubiloso que deambular a través del verdor de un parque espacioso una tarde cálida dominical en toda la gloría de pleno primavera? Tal vez, pero al juzgar  toda la gente que van en masa al ‘Bosque de Chapultepec‘ no hay duda que es una manera popular de pasar unas horas. […]

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Line 8 (Green)

Station / Estación # 107: UAM-I

Since I came to realise, not so long ago, the immense similarity of the name of this station (UAM-I) to the name of my favourite all time Australian rock ‘n’ roll band You Am I it has been at the fore of my consciousness and I knew an MCM Project visit was imminent. I have […]

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Line 1 (Pink), Line 3 (Olive)

Station / Estación # 106: Balderas

Toda gloria a la rueda asombrosa! Miles de años de servicio continuo a la humanidad.  ¿Obsoleta?  Nunca! Sencillamente, hay que rendir homenaje. Como cualquier ciudad, el papel de la rueda no se puede infravalorar. Propulsado de motor; coches, buses, motocicletas, el metro! El sistema del metro de la Ciudad de México es un metro de […]

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Line 5 (Yellow)

Station / Estación # 105: Terminal Aérea

I had been thinking for a good while (as with many other stations – well all, at one stage or another, but this one more specifically) that someday, sooner or later I’d be off to the airport. Anticipation gives way to reminiscing. I decided to start the visit by heading away from the airport, across […]

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Line 6 (Red), Uncategorized

Station / Estación # 104: Vallejo

Me bajé en Vallejo y poco después me recibió un letrero que combina dos términos que conozco bastante bien;  Güero y Caguamas. Ya mencioné el término Güero, aplicado liberalmente a gente de tez clara y a veces a ellos no tan claras también, en mi entrada por Barranca Del Muerto. El segundo término se refiere […]

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Line 6 (Red), Line 7 (Orange)

Station / Estación # 103: El Rosario

THE BREAD OF THE RICH IS THE STRUGGLE OF THE POOR Artistic typography from renowned street artist Ben Flynn a.k.a. EINE From the far south of line 2 terminus station Tasqueña in the previous visit, this time I ventured up to the extreme north of Line 7 where it converges with the western end of […]

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