Las Lomas

Las Lomas is the common name of a residential district in Mexico City located in the delegación (borough) of Miguel Hidalgo. Its real name is Lomas de Chapultepec and dates back from around 1930, when it was founded with the name Chapultepec Heights. Home to some of the biggest mansions and wealthiest people in Mexico, it is located in northwestern Mexico City. In recent years commercial and business areas have been created in the district. Its main entrance is through Paseo de la Reforma. Las Lomas was founded in the early 1920s by American, British and local investors, as an expansion of Mexico City. It was created on the hills in the west side of the valley. It was professionally planned by American landscape architects and engineers...