Chapultepec
Park in Mexico City, MexicoWikipedia
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Sep 12, 2026
Fernando Sordo MadalenoGUEST
Yeah, that project, my father was 28 years old and he was really starting as an architect.
Fernando Sordo MadalenoGUEST
And Emilio Azcárraga, which was the guy that was leading the bid and everything, he needed a new building next to one of my grandfather's hotels, the Presidente in Chapultepec, which is a building that I love.
Fernando Sordo MadalenoGUEST
Chapultepec is in Mexico City.
Fernando Sordo MadalenoGUEST
Riding at the center of it.
Fernando Sordo MadalenoGUEST
And this hotel, because my grandfather did the hotel, my father had all the plans and the site was next to the hotel.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
It was a European park, quite unlike the palm-grown plazas of the smaller cities, but there was the usual Mexican band concert, and the people were renting camp chairs along the shady walks to enjoy the national pastime of seeing and being seen.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
Beyond the Alameda commenced a wide boulevard, the Paseo de la Reforma, typically Parisian in its wealth of monuments and lined with handsome embassies and residences, leading out to Chapultepec, a larger and even more charming park, with wide expanses of lawn and woodland and lake and meadow surrounding the National Palace, a squatty fortress-like structure pleasing in its effect of strength and beauty, perched upon high cliffs and glimpsed through the treetops as though it hung suspended in the sky.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
The policemen here were clad in Mexico's charro costume, the costume of the old grandees, with short buff jacket, skin-tight blue trousers lined with rows of silver buttons, flowing red tie, huge velvet sombrero, and a big gleaming sword.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
An orchestra in similar costume held forth beneath an awning near the lake, playing sweetly upon a marvelous combination of guitars, mandolins, marimbas, harps, cellos, oboes, and whatnot.
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James K. WhiteNARRATOR
Tomorrow, with that odd mixture of idealism and materialism so characteristic of their race, they would start sinning again with a clean conscience.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
These ragged little devils were the pawns of a long series of revolutions.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
Today, while the successful generals rode grandly through Chapultepec, the peons who had won their battles and gained nothing turned to the cathedral for solace.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
One might not believe in their religion, but one was forced to admit that they found comfort, and certainly they needed it.
Fernando Sordo Madaleno de HaroGUEST
Yeah, that project, my father was 28 years old and he was really starting as an architect.
Fernando Sordo Madaleno de HaroGUEST
And Emilio Azcárraga, which was the guy that was leading the bid and everything, he needed a new building next to one of my grandfather's hotels, the Presidente in Chapultepec, which is a building that I love.
Fernando Sordo Madaleno de HaroGUEST
Chapultepec is in Mexico City? Right at the center of it.
Fernando Sordo Madaleno de HaroGUEST
And this hotel, because my grandfather did the hotel, my father had all the plans and the site was next to the hotel.
Fernando Sordo Madaleno de HaroGUEST
So he brought to the client all the plans and was like, if you give me a chance, I can give you a proposal myself.
Will TannerHOST
An armistice had failed, and General Scott prepared to deliver a final crushing blow to end the war.
Will TannerHOST
But the western approach to the city was dominated by a colossal, intimidating obstacle, the rocky, 200-foot-tall hill of Chapultepec.
Will TannerHOST
Upon the crest of this sheer stone promontory stood the historic Palace of the Viceroy's, a massive bastion stone fortress that housed the Mexican National Military College.
Will TannerHOST
Surrounded by a fortified stone wall, deep ditches, and a sprawling, swampy grove of ancient cypress trees at its base, Chapultepec was an imposing citadel, commanded both the San Cosme and Bellin causeways leading into the capital.
Will TannerHOST
On the afternoon of September 11th, General Scott summoned his senior commanders and engineers to a tense, decisive council of war inside the modest village church of La Piedad.
Will TannerHOST
The question before the council was momentous.
Will TannerHOST
Should the army storm the towering stone fortress of Chapultepec, or should they bypass the hill and launch their assault against the southern gates of the city? Scott asked his engineers for their opinions.
Will TannerHOST
Colonel Joseph G. Totten having returned north, the senior engineering voice in the room was Lieutenant Colonel Robert E. Lee.
George BagbyPANELIST
Scott moves against Mexico City.
George BagbyPANELIST
He assaults Chapultepec.
George BagbyPANELIST
So this is a fascinating site in the south of Mexico City.
George BagbyPANELIST
This is a great palace estate.
George BagbyPANELIST
So the Americans assault, and this is a very difficult battlefield because they have to advance down this causeway over a marshy area against a fortified castle.
George BagbyPANELIST
And yet, they carry the day.
George BagbyPANELIST
The Mexicans lose their entire force at Chapultepec.
George BagbyPANELIST
The Americans lose about one for every Mexican.
James ShillinglawHOST
So we are right
Christophe HiltiGUEST
in front of Chapultepec Park, which is the largest urban park in the world.
Christophe HiltiGUEST
So about four times the size of a Central Park in New York City.
Christophe HiltiGUEST
That gives me a lot of perspective because I think Central Park is pretty
James ShillinglawHOST
big.
James ShillinglawHOST
So
Christophe HiltiGUEST
this is Chapultepec Park, which has the famous Anthropology Museum, the zoo with one of the last pandas as well.
Christophe HiltiGUEST
But it is a new build right next to the Hyatt Regency that's been there for the last 40 years.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
In the Zócalo, a plaza at the head of the main street and facing the palace and cathedral, the band plays in the evening, also on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
Maximilian planned and had made a drive which led to his castle at Chapultepec.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
It is thirty-seven hundred fifty feet long, wide enough to drive four or even six teams abreast.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
It is planted on the east side with two rows of trees, one edging the drive, the other the walk, which is as wide as many streets.
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James K. WhiteNARRATOR
The Boulevard of the Reform looked as cool and sweet as a May morning in the country, and finer than a circus parade with the hundreds of horsemen going either way.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
"Vamos." Let us go.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
"Con mucho gusto." With much pleasure, was our reply, and away flew our willing steeds, bearing us soon to the paradise of Mexico, Chapultepec.
James K. WhiteNARRATOR
Greeting the guards at the gate, we entered, riding under trees which sheltered Montezuma and his people, Cortez and his soldiers, poor Maximilian and Charlotta, where Mexican cadets laid down their lives in defense of their country, where the last battle was fought with the Americans, and where now is being prepared the future home of President Diaz.
Nadina GalleGUEST
I mean, there's so many different ways, but let me give you, um, example that get people kind of excited.
Nadina GalleGUEST
One is that I was asked by the park authorities of Chapultepec Forest.
Nadina GalleGUEST
So Chapultepec Forest is Mexico City's largest urban forest.
Nadina GalleGUEST
It is the largest urban forest in the entire Americas.
Nadina GalleGUEST
It's an absolutely massive, massive area.
Q. SandersNARRATOR
Water has to be brought about in this manner because none runs into the houses by lead pipes, as with us.
Q. SandersNARRATOR
It all comes from near the old castle of Chapultepec, three or four miles from the city.
Q. SandersNARRATOR
It runs over great stone aqueducts built by Cortes, and when it reaches the public square, falls into the stone basins of the city.
Q. SandersNARRATOR
So you see, it makes these carriers almost like our milkmen.
Paula PriceHOST
There are parks, huge parks.
Paula PriceHOST
Again, not to draw comparisons, but the central park of Mexico City, there's Chapultepec Park, where you have this enormous park in the middle of the city with museums and this gorgeous castle that overlooks the city.
Paula PriceHOST
The food is absolutely incredible and such a broad range from street tacos that are absolutely delicious to Michelin star rated restaurants, all levels, all delicious.
Paula PriceHOST
There are pockets of the city that are very historical.
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