{"id":3077,"date":"2022-02-08T20:01:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T20:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/?p=3077"},"modified":"2026-09-02T12:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T12:58:40","slug":"mexican-cities-initiative-scholars-reflect-on-mexico-citys-vecindades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.gsd.harvard.edu\/mci\/mexican-cities-initiative-scholars-reflect-on-mexico-citys-vecindades\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Cities Initiative Scholars Discuss Mexico City\u2019s Vecindades"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Mexican Cities Initiative Scholars Discuss Mexico City\u2019s Vecindades<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Diane E. Davis<\/strong><\/span> is the Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning and Urbanism at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Design (GSD). <span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Jose Castillo<\/strong><\/span>, former GSD instructor, is a practicing architect &amp; urban planner living and working in Mexico City.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Dr. Diane Davis, Director of the Mexican Cities Initiative (MCI), and long-time MCI collaborator Jos\u00e9 Castillo, were interviewed for Bloomberg CityLab\u2019s article <em>How Mexico City\u2019s Vecindades Became Homes for the Working Class. <\/em>In it, they discuss CDMX\u2019s urban history, focusing on changes to the city\u2019s lived and built geographies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The article can be accessed on the <span style=\"color: #000000\"><a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2022-01-10\/how-vecindades-design-shaped-mexico-city-life-history\">Bloomberg News Site.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mexican Cities Initiative Scholars Discuss Mexico City\u2019s Vecindades Diane E. 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