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Centro ‘rescue’ project heads north, with larger budget for more properties

The second stage of the current effort to restore facades in the Centro Histórico is a quarter-way done, said the city's director of urban development, Aref Karam Espósitos.

Servi-Limpia offers incentive to pay a year ahead for trash pickup

Servi-Limpia customers can get two months of service for free if they pay a year in advance.

Street vendors bring out the fireworks in time for holidays

In time for the holidays, fireworks sales started Friday in the Centro and other parts of the city.

8,300 shoppers descend on shopping district each hour

Over the weekend, up to 8,300 people an hour arrived at Mérida's Historic Center to do their Christmas shopping, city police calculate.

Cantina El Grillón ends 105-year run in the Centro

El Grillón had attracted patrons across from Parque Eulogio Rosado since 1912. Now, it's selling Christmas items rather than serving beer and botanas.

Noche Blanca returns with high hopes for clear skies this time

Free Noche Blanca events are planned in 147 venues all across Mérida on Saturday, Dec. 2. 

Still no date to remove bus stops from Historic Center

A plan to remove bus stops from the Centro Histórico is still moving forward, but it's moving gradually.

Revolution Day celebrated Monday with parade; traffic re-routed

Traffic will yield for Monday's huge parade celebrating the 107th anniversary of the start of the Mexican Revolution.

9th Showcase of Homes opens doors for students, tourists and neighbors

More than 800 people got a rare tour of seven stand-out homes in the Centro, all for a good cause.

Interior designers’ Mérida projects revealed in BAI’s 9th Showcase of Homes

Two interior designers' homes, part of this year's Showcase of Homes tour, exhibit contrasting responses to living in the tropics.

City hints at new regulations against bar noise in Centro

As bars and nightclubs continue to establish businesses side-by-side with Centro homes, the city is now talking in general terms about modifying land use regulations.

Artistic umbrellas above the Pasaje de la Revolución

An urban art initiative has brightened the walkway between the Cathedral and the Macay museum with 850 opened, upright umbrellas suspended from above. 

Centro sidewalk project nearly completed

The Centro's notoriously difficult sidewalks are getting better and better, block by block.

Facelifts for 228 more Centro facades in next 5 months

After a summer break, the second stage of the current downtown facade rescue program heads north toward Parque Santa Ana.

After delay by INAH, Hotel Mérida finally open for business

Redecorated and updated from pillar to post, the historic Hotel Mérida has re-opened after being boarded up for nine years.

Clock tower’s bell will ring again at Municipal Palace

After 20 years of silence, the clock tower's bell will ring again at the Municipal Palace.

Grid overloaded, power cut briefly in Centro

As if Monday mornings aren't tough enough, power went out for about a half an hour in the blocks surrounding the main square.

Former Hotel Mérida on Calle 60 appears ready to open

Its tower is no longer pink, but the building is just as grand, if not more stately, than ever before. 

Pedestrian streets in the Centro? Merchants reportedly unconvinced

Although successful in neighboring states, the idea of turning some downtown Mérida streets into pedestrian malls is meeting stiff opposition.

The Centro’s 1st Starbucks almost ready at Gran Hotel

No opening date has been announced although Starbucks' signs are already up in the restaurant off the Gran Hotel's lobby. The café replaces the Main Street Restaurant at Parque Hidalgo.

Tailors represent a dying trade in the Centro

Blue jeans and discount designer labels have made the traditional tailor an endangered species in Yucatán.

Utility companies coordinate with Centro maintenance program

The water company, the electric company, and the phone and cable company are joining the city's "permanent maintenance program" in the Centro Histórico.

Mimes with a mission return to the Centro

A troupe of mimes called Centinelas Urbanos, or City Sentinels, has returned to the Centro.

Safety advocate dusts off his proposal to create pedestrian streets

Converting a street to a pedestrian mall is an idea worth considering, a safety advocate says.
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