Overview

• Crews began tearing down two unsafe buildings at Fray Servando 172 and 174 in Plaza Tlaxcoaque, a 7 million peso demolition supervised by the Reconstruction Commission and the Institute for the Safety of Constructions.
• City officials say dozens of structurally vulnerable buildings remain across the capital, prompting a shift from post-disaster responses to preventive risk reduction.
• In Tlatelolco, the city will start with six high-priority buildings within a set sequence of about three months for characterization, around six months for executive project design, and subsequent works.
• Technical authorities report many 1970s flat-slab structures cannot meet current codes cost-effectively, making demolition and reconstruction the recommended path.
• The program is built on diagnosis, intervention protocols, financing solutions, and case-by-case actions, with plans to fold cleared sites into a territorial reserve for affordable housing and urban regeneration.