Escandón
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Escandón is one of the colonias of Mexico City that were founded at the beginning of the 19th century on crop terrains that were formerly part of Hacienda de la Condesa, belonging to Condesa de Miravalle. This colony formed part of the Hacienda de la Condesa, being property of the family Escandón, who fractionated the terrains situated south of this. In 1841 it was sold to Antonio Batres and then sold to Estanislao and Joaquín Flores. The Flores brothers sold the hacienda to Manuel Escandón's notary in 1869. When the Escandón family acquired the property it got fragmented in 1880, 1890 and 1891 to be put for sale in lots.[1]
The neighbourhood is divided in two: Escandón I and Escandón II due to its big extension. The first section is located from the Patriotismo Avenue and confines with the Tacubaya neighbourhood; whereas the second section extends from the Viaducto Miguel Alemán and confines with the Condesa Neighbourhood. Escandón II has seen greater economic and social success.[citation needed]
The neighbourhood still preserves some of the constructions that were built in the first half of the 20th century, particularly from architectural styles as: art decó, colonial Californian, and the neocolonial. At the north, given the vicinity to the Tacubaya neighbourhood, some examples of constructions that correspond to the eclectic architecture can be appreciated. The greater part of the buildings constructed around the middle of the 20th century correspond to apartment buildings.
As many other neighbourhoods founded in the first half of the 20th century, Escandón has several services and businesses that aim to attend the local population; some examples of this are the Jardín Morelos park and the market established in front of it. In recent times, the neighbourhood has experimented a development in real-estate activities because it is near neighbourhoods of medium-high and high economic levels, like Condesa, Roma, Nápoles and del Valle.