Sunday, April 27, 2008
Both Sides Now
When in Mexico on business, I usually stay at the Four Seasons, and my room looks out either on the beautiful inner courtyard (pictured below) or the four surrounding streets, three of which are fairly quiet...
But the northern street view is the lively grandeur and lush rush of Paseo de la Reforma, Mexico City's major east-west artery....
Looking north from my room, across Paseo, is Torre Mayor, the tallest building in Latin America. I got that view last year, and took this photo.
Note the word 'IXE' at the top - that's a major Mexican investment bank with offices therein. Last week, we met with IXE, and I got finally got to see Torre Mayor from the inside.
Here's a vast panorama of Mexico City taken from Torre Mayor's top-most floor, its 51st, from the balcony of posh 51 restaurant (see Food Journey of last Sunday, April 20, below)
Life at the top, balcony seating... It's windy up there, but with such a fence, falling off is not easy...
Criss-crossing Mexico City highways are the eastern view from IXE's Torre Mayor offices...
As promised yesterday, the light at the end of my kitchen tunnel. This really might be finished as early as Wednesday!
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Engrish du Jour: Asian Rear
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