Echeverria hopes that the area of the central Mexico City valley once covered by Lake Texcoco can be reclaimed to create a new urban landscape that combines nature with infrastructure. The area of ...

Plans for Mexico's $1 billion Lake Texcoco Ecological Park reflect a new paradigm in urban design. When the Mexica people left their ancestral land of Aztlán in search of a new home, they were ...

At the center of the emerging park is Lake Texcoco, a historic reservoir that’s largely drained — but if replenished could provide some relief from the city’s water crisis. The $1.7 billion ...

The Aztecs, who flourished from 1428 to 1521, were ruled by an alliance of three groups: Mexica, Acolhua, and Tepaneca, and Tenochtitlan was the city built by Mexica on Lake Texcoco. Tenochtitlan ...

The Aztec city was on an island in Lake Texcoco, but the Spanish drained the ... making the amplified shaking last longer. The map below, based on seismological readings taken at the National ...