A team of volunteers from the City Walk project,
mostly students and recent graduates of Architecture, Design and different
careers related to urban theme, are company on 5 alternative routes under the
7th World Urban Forum
The routes and Scheduling are:
A. Cisneros train station - Antioquia Museum
M-T-W-Th-F 16:00
B. The San Pedro Cementery – The San Vicente Hospital
M-T-W-Th-F 16:00
C. The Bolívar Park – Lounge Málaga
T 20:00 Th-F 18:00
D. The Campos de Paz cementery – The Manuel Mejía
Library
S 14:00
E. The 68th promenade in Castilla neighborhood
S 16:00
A. Cisneros train
station - Antioquia Museum
Meeting Point: Small square in Cisneros old train
station
Through this journey
we propose to draw a physical line by the pedestrian promenade of Carabobo
connecting some of the few historic buildings that survived the changes and
transformations of a historic downtown full of contrasts.
Obligatory stops in
Cisneros train station, buildings Vásquez and Carré, Square of the Light,
Lounge Málaga , The Berrio park, The Veracruz Church, finally The Botero
Square.
B. The San Pedro
Cementery – The San Vicente Hospital
Meeting Point: Hospital
metro station, northeast exit
M-T-W-Th-F 16:00
The cemeteries are in many cities forced step sites,
for their formal characteristics or the story told by the tombs of famous owners,
in the case of San Pedro Cemetery Medellín, which is now a museum. This is an
excellent tour, which lets us know the history of the city from another
perspective. The most influential families in the city have a space there,
leaders, artists and the sadly notorious criminals have a space there.
After of cemetery we close our visit to the sector
through the restored San Vicente Hospital, This is University Hospital and the
birthplace of our cluster of health, building complex including a beautiful
chapel, little known by the locals.
C. The Bolívar Park – Lounge Málaga
Meeting Point: Lido
Theatre at The Bolivar Park
T 20:00 Th-F 18:00
The cities are known using public transportation,
eating in their traditional places, establishing relationships with people who
live every day or enjoy nightlife. Downtown fabulous hidden spaces filled with
history and a special magic entertained by their music, for their gastronomic
offerings or the presence of authentic people living intensely these places
that adopt as their own. The downtown of Medellín has many of these places and
can become the perfect excuse to spend a night in it.
D. The Campos de Paz cementery – The Manuel Mejía
Library
Meeting Point: At
Gate of the Cementery Campos de Paz
S 14:00
A visit to this area is the perfect excuse to discover
some important architectural projects and approach the southwestern sector of
the city . This is the Campos de Paz cemetery , Olaya Herrera Airport and
Manuel Mejía Vallejo Library . The first holds a special magic for its
characteristics of field - cemetery, the second is a project of the last
century listed building and the third is one of the examples of contemporary
architecture that are part of the icons of transformation urban city . Both
cemeteries and airports have special care in projection away from urban centers
, but the growth of cities , in many cases, ends up leaving these spaces immersed
in its dense construction. This is the case of Campos de Paz and Olaya Herrera
today are part of the city, surrounded by neighborhoods and buildings
increasingly crowded .
Note: The tours are free, but this particular includes
a shift in public transportation (taxi) from the cemetery to the Airport sector
to be paid by participants.
E. The 68th promenade in Castilla neighborhood
Meeting Point: At
atrium The San Judas Church
S 16:00
The artist Fredy Serna invites us to enjoy the intense
life of the main street of his neighborhood Castilla is also an opportunity to
look back problem who lived and still live the city, which have faced and
somehow calling attention to and touching them can understand and intervene
them . The Neighborhood life is exciting, full of stories and street activity. In
Castilla, even today you can breathe the aromas the city, Where people are
happy and appropriate, they find on the street their instead of meeting, livelihoods and fun. The 68th promenade is a
clear example of this.
Note: The tours are free and is considered the use of
public transport. To reach the meeting
place for this tour using public transportation (taxi) from the nearest Metro
station (Tercentenario station or Caribe
station) to the The San Judas Church in Castilla neighborhood.
