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Title: Mexico, the city of palaces ..
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Reid, William A. (William Alfred), 1871- Pan American Union
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Publisher: Washington, Govt. Print. Off.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS, MEXICO CITY. This fine edifice is indicative of the numerous pubhc buildings of the more modern type, which havebeen erected in the Mexican capital during recent years.
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18 MEXICO, THE CITY OF PALACES. the entrance to an underground passage to the top of the hill, whichis said to have been a secret route of ascent in olden days. Thisinterior passage is closed to-day to visitors, but years ago an elevatorwas constructed in one part of the passage which has been frequentlyused by the presidents. Once upon the crest of Chapultepec, 200 feet above the city, thetraveler is charmed, not alone by the views but by the way natureand man have combined forces to produce the unusual, the interest-ing, and the picturesque. On the Pyramid of the Sun, of which wehave spoken, all is ancient work; on Chapultepec a great moderncastle and fortress stands, a portion of which has long served as thesummer re idence of the President of the Kepublic. From Chapultepec we have what might be termed a close view ofthe capital city—much closer than from the pyramids crest. Atthe immediate base of the hill stands the Bosque or forest of fineold cypress trees overshadowing miles

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