Centro SCOP

A new headquarters for the Department of Communications and Transportation (SCOP) was built in the early 1950s and is famous for being covered in spectacular mosaic murals by John O'Gorman and several other well-known muralists. The murals are constructed of small pebbles that were sent in by school children throughout Mexico. The murals are similar to those O'Gorman creted at the UNAM campus and are some of the city's largest and most visually stunning murals. During the 1985 earthquake, the building was heavily damaged but repaired. Another earthuake struck in 2017 causing severe structural damage that rendered the building unsafe. Since 2017, the government has been removing parts of the murals preparing the site for demolition, but several of the largest murals remain and can be seen from nearby streets (though the building itself is condemned).

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Address

Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas y Xola, Narvarte

Getting there

Trolleybus Line 1 to Centro SCOP