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Back in 1982 I was in Mexico City and stayed at an Art Deco old hotel in Mexico City. It was very beautiful. The room was all wood, with rounded corners and built-ins everywhere, with a wooden louvered door. It had a courtyard that was filled with a lovely garden. I thought the name was El Presidente but when I google it it is not the same hotel at all. When I google Art Deco Hotel in Mexico city I don't find it either.
Might it have changed names to Hotel Isabel? But their rooms are all modern, no art deco wood.
Does anyone know of this Art Deco Hotel named El Presidente?
Problem for older hotels in Mexico is they become dated and almost never does the hotel figure out a way to embrace the old style while upgrading in ways customers want. El Camino Real is a great example of this. In the 90s people said what an amazing hotel. Now it still feels unique architecturally, but the rooms and some of the public area feel stuck in the 90s, a new hotel that has zero charm still feels much nicer and gets more "stars" because it has modern touches that travelers today want.
Willy702 The earthquake in 1985 did do a lot of damage. True, might have collapsed. I remember reading about it at the time to see if I recognized any places. But that was before internet and it wasn't as easy to find out.
Not art decó but Geneve Hotel looks like your description.
Thanks. Geneve Hotel is fabulous, but not it. The others aren't it either. It has so much deco wood, like a 30's movie set. The courtyard was open to the sky.
There is just no mention of the El Presidente on the net anywhere. Like it never existed. Even it it collapsed in the earthquake there should be a mention of it somewhere on the net. I guess I won't be finding it.
Would be a pity to otherwise destroy all that art deco built ins in the rooms just to modernize them. But if they have to make money, then I guess they have to remodel. Shame.
Presidente is named now Intercontinental but is modern architecture, never art deco. https://www.presidenteicmexico.com/
Is in Polanco, near downtown.
I saw that, definitely not it. Thanks though. Just odd that I can’t find any mention of it. I guess I’m going with the idea that it may have collapsed in the earthquake...
No, no pictures. I wish now I would have taken more. Beautiful place. I was pretty scared at the time being alone and told to not leave the room. They told me that only reason they had a room open was because the person previously there had been murdered...
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