Today, Texcoco’s protected reserve spans an area that was once all part of the lake, from the shantytown of Nezahualcóyotl (named for Lake Texcoco’s pre-Hispanic leader and city builder) on ...

The Texcoco Lake Ecological Park is much more than just a park. The 145 million square meter green space is a restoration of Mexico City's ecological, cultural and natural resources.

MEXICO CITY -- President Vicente Fox chose the dry lakebed of Texcoco as the site for a new Mexico City airport, officials announced Monday, jump-starting a huge and fiercely debated construction ...

The project is designed to be constructed in the basin of the former Lake Texcoco, which dried as Mexico City expanded into a megacity of more than 20 million people over the past two millennia. The ...

Well Mexico City’s El Parque Ecologico Lago de Texcoco (Texcoco Lake Ecological Park) makes these classic examples of urban naturalization look like scant patches of grass.

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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.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday opened a new Mexico City airport, over three years after he rattled investors by scrapping a $13 billion hub partly built by the previous ...

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Mexico City’s origins date back to 1325, when the Aztecs settled on an island in Texcoco Lake. In 1521, the Spanish conquistadors defeated the indigenous people.

Some then sell them in the nearby city of Texcoco; others trade them for other goods. “They exchange them for cheese, meat, or whatever they need,” López García says.

The Texcoco park project will become the largest piece of green infrastructure in the Mexico City Valley, while simultaneously drawing attention back to a largely abandoned area of the city.