Pilares La Equidad

Pilares La Equidad is a community center in Mexico City, Central Mexico which is located on Calle Jesús Carranza. Pilares La Equidad is situated nearby to the park Parque de la Equidas, as well as near the railway stop Lagunilla metro station.

Email: pilareslaequidad@cdmx.gob.mx
Type: Community center
Also known as: “Pilares Tepito”
Address: 15 Calle Jesús Carranza

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Lagunilla metro station.

Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

Church

Photo: Nan Palmero, CC BY 2.0.

The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral is situated 1 km south of Pilares La Equidad.

Lagunilla metro station

Railway stop

Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lagunilla is a station along Line B of the Mexico City Metro located north of the center of Mexico City, near the famous market with the same name. The logo for the station is a wild duck. The station was opened on 15 December 1999. Lagunilla metro station is situated 130 metres southwest of Pilares La Equidad.

Palacio de Bellas Artes

Theater building

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. Palacio de Bellas Artes is situated 1½ km southwest of Pilares La Equidad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tlatelolco and Centro.

Tlatelolco

Quarter

Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.

Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the Valley of Mexico. Its inhabitants, known as the Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century.

Centro

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The old city center or Centro Histórico of Mexico City, centered on the Plaza de la Constitución, has been the heart of the nation since Aztec times. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.