To start the new year off, Photo Walk Nº94 took us to the neighbourhood of San Angel where we wandered around some of the back streets as we made our way to the Casa-Estudio Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Designed and built by Juan O'Gorman for the famous Mexican artists in the early 1930s, these Twin House-Studios for Diego and Frida, with their almost industrial look, stand out in stark contrast to the colonial mansions around them.We met in the Plaza de Carmen in San Angel and from there walked along the cobbled streets, photographing the colourful details and mansions so typical of this area. One house with an interesting façade is the "Casa de los Delfines", which some neighbours told us about as we were taking photos.Next we visited the House-Studio Museum of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, painted in bright colours and surrounded by a cactus fence. These were the first functionalist houses built in Mexico and were considered radical and modern. Juan O'Gorman (who also did the murals on the UNAM Central Library) was a friend of the artists and designed these spaces with lots of light and highly innovative ideas for that time. On our way back, we popped into the Iglesia San Jacinto and the Casa de Risco to photograph the unique fountain before returning to Plaza de Carmen.
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