La seducción del concreto : el estadio xalapeño en tres publicaciones periódicas

Abstract

In 2015, Xalapa Stadium celebrated its 95th anniversary. Devised by Governor Heriberto Jara, its construction was an important cultural and urbanistic event at a time when Portland cement was starting to play a major role. This article addresses the matter from three standpoints: the newspaper El Dictamen and the magazines Cemento and Horizonte, the latter lead by the poet Manuel Maples Arce. The subject is analyzed with Marshall Berman’s theoretic approach as stated in All that is solid melts into air, a yearning to transform Xalapa’s architecture with no consideration to the local social, political and cultural context.