Torre Independencia

Torre Independencia is a public building in , which is located on Avenida Insurgentes Norte. Torre Independencia is situated nearby to the government office , as well as near the playground .
  • Type: Public building
  • Also known as: “Corporativo Tlatelolco”, “Torre Banobras”, and “Torre Insignia”
  • Address: 423 Avenida Insurgentes Norte

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Biblioteca Vasconcelos and Buenavista railway station.

Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, also known as the Megabiblioteca by the press, is a library in the Buenavista neighborhood of . It is dedicated to José Vasconcelos, the philosopher and former president of the National Library of Mexico. is situated 800 metres south of Torre Independencia.

Railway station
Photo: Drkgk, CC0.
Buenavista is a commuter railway station in . The station provided intercity train services from Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Since June 2008, the station serves as the terminus of the Tren Suburbano commuter rail service, and since April 2026 the Tren Felipe Ángeles service. is situated 1 km south of Torre Independencia.

Theater building
Photo: ProtoplasmaKid, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a theater building, which is situated 730 metres west of Torre Independencia.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Colonia Santa María Insurgentes and Tlatelolco.

Neighborhood
is a colonia in the Cuauhtémoc borough north east of the . The colonia's borders are formed by the following roads: Calzada de San Simon to the south, Jacarandas to the north, Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte to the east and Jacarandas to the west.

Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the . 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.

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The old city center or Histórico of , 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.

Torre Independencia

Latitude
19.45457° or 19° 27′ 17″ north
Longitude
-99.15099° or 99° 9′ 4″ west
Inception
1962
Levels
25
Height
127 metres (417 feet)
Open location code
76F2FR3X+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 217662117
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
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