Mexico City idakhalabe yolimba m'nthawi ya atsamunda, koma kumapeto komweko njira zatsopano, monga Paseo de Bucareli (1778), zithandizira kukulitsa likulu lakumwera chakumadzulo.
Pambuyo pake, panthawi yomwe a Maximiliano adalephera kuyenda, njira ina yakumidzi, yotchedwa Paseo de la Reforma pakupambana kwa Republic, ikadalumikiza pomwe Bucareli idayambira ndi Bosque de Chapultepec. Pamphambano za njira izi komanso zaposachedwa ku Juárez, chosema cha El Caballito chidakhala kwa nthawi yayitali.
Zigawo zoyambirira zamzindawu zidakhazikitsidwa pamalopo, kukula kwawo kudakulirakulira pomwe theka lachiwiri la 19th lidayamba, pomwe nthawi yamtendere komanso chitukuko pazachuma chidayamba. Madera atsopanowa azitchedwa "colonias" kuyambira pamenepo, ndipo sizinangochitika mwangozi kuti ena mwa iwo adatchulapo Paseo de la Reforma m'dzina lawo, monga madera a Paseo ndi Nueva del Paseo, omwe pambuyo pake adalowa m'dera la Juárez, komanso gawo laling'ono lakale la La Teja, lomwe linali mbali zonse ziwiri za mseuwo: gawo lakumwera lidalumikizana ndi Juárez ndipo kumpoto kumalumikiza madera ambiri a Cuauhtémoc.
Madera ena adagawidwa m'dera lomweli, monga Tabacalera ndi San Rafael, opangidwa ndi akale kwambiri, Colonia de los Arquitectos. Onsewa anali ndi gawo lofananira: kamangidwe kamatauni kwamakono kuposa kamzinda wakale wachikoloni, wokhala ndi misewu yayikulu nthawi zambiri, kutengera kutawuni kwatsopano ku Europe komanso ku United States. Sizinali mwangozi kuti mabanja olemera adayamba kuchoka ku Center ndipo, pamodzi ndi olemera atsopano a Porfiriato, adamanga nyumba zachifumu zokongola pafupi ndi Paseo de la Reforma ndi misewu ina yomwe idafunikira kwambiri panthawiyo, monga London, Hamburg , Nice, Florence ndi Genoa, omwe mayina awo ndi chizindikiro cha zomangamanga zomwe zidapangidwa mwa iwo, ndipo posakhalitsa zidasintha malo a Mexico City. Olemba mbiri a nthawiyo sanasiye kunena kuti amawoneka ngati misewu yakomwe mumzinda wina waku Europe. Nyumbayi idalandira mitundu yopatulidwa ndi School of Fine Arts ku Paris, yomwe inali chitsanzo cha Academy of San Carlos. Sanalinso ndi mabwalo, monga nyumba zachikoloni, koma minda kutsogolo kapena mbali, ndipo zokongoletserazo zidatulutsanso zomangamanga zapamwamba, zophatikizira masitepe opitilira muyeso, ziboliboli, zipilala, mawindo a magalasi, ma mansard (osagwa chipale chofewa) ndi malo ogona.
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za zana la 20, mitsempha ina, monga Opanduka, ilumikizana ndi gulu la nkhwangwa zomwe zidaloleza kukhazikitsa madera atsopano, monga Roma ndi La Condesa, mzaka zoyambirira za zana latsopanoli. Yoyamba imapangidwa m'chifaniziro ndi mawonekedwe a Juárez, komwe ili pafupi kwambiri, ndi mapaki ang'onoang'ono monga Rio de Janeiro ndi Ajusco, komanso misewu yodzala mitengo, monga Jalisco (pakali pano ndi vlvaro Obregón). La Condesa ikukula pambuyo pake, yochepetsedwa ndi mseu wakale wa Tacubaya, womwe udatha kumapeto kwa Paseo de la Reforma.
Dera la Hipódromo, lomwe limadziwika ndi bwaloli lomwe lidakhalako kwakanthawi, limamatira ku Condesa ndipo pakati pawo amapereka chidwi chojambula cha Art Deco ndi zomangamanga zogwirira ntchito (iyi ku Cuauhtémoc). Mosakayikira, nyumba zomwe zimazungulira Parque México wokongola, kapena mzere womwe ndi msewu wammbali wa Amsterdam, ku Hipódromo, ndi amodzi mwa malo osangalatsa kwambiri m'mizinda. Ku Countess ndi Hippodrome mulibe nyumba yamodzi yokha, monga madera am'mbuyomu, komanso nyumba yomanga nyumba, yomwe ndi gawo lofunikira la nsalu zake ndi moyo wake.
Paseo de la Reforma ndi zigawo zomwe zatchulidwazi panthawiyo zinali mbali ya mzindawu, ndipo zinali zosapeweka kuti kufutukuka kwake kudzawasiya pakatikati, pomwe nyumba zawo zakale zidataya chifukwa chokhala: ku Paseo malo okhala ndi nsanjika imodzi kapena ziwiri adasinthidwa ndi nsanja zakuofesi; ku Juárez ndi ku Roma nyumba tsopano zili ndi malo odyera komanso mashopu, ngakhale ambiri alowa m'malo atsopano ogulitsira. Koma madera omwe anali atakhala kale ndi nyumba zokhalamo zazitali kuyambira pomwe adayamba, monga Condesa ndi Hipódromo, atha kukhalabe ndi malo okhala, ngakhale malo omwera, malo odyera, malo omwera mowa ndi malo ogulitsira awonekera pansi. kalasi yomwe tsopano ikudziwika ndi mafashoni ku Mexico City.
