Mexico City authorities plan to build a memorial in 2027 at the site of Álvaro Obregón 286, the address where a building collapsed during the devastating September 19, 2017 earthquake, killing 49 people. The announcement came from the city’s Housing Secretariat (Sevivienda) in response to questions from the newspaper Excélsior.
Officials say the design phase is currently underway, with construction slated to begin next year. Sevivienda emphasized that the project will incorporate input, ideas, and proposals from victims’ families and other survivors affected by the collapse, with the goal of creating a space dedicated to memory and recognition for those who died and for the loved ones they left behind.
The renewed push to build the memorial comes as survivors from the building’s seventh floor—many of whom worked for companies located there—continue demanding that Mexico City’s attorney general’s office reopen its investigation into what caused the structure to collapse. Questions about the building’s structural integrity and the circumstances surrounding the disaster have lingered for years, fueling calls from victims’ families for greater accountability.
The 2017 earthquake, which struck central Mexico on the anniversary of a devastating 1985 quake, caused widespread destruction across the capital and claimed hundreds of lives nationwide. Álvaro Obregón 286 became one of the tragedy’s most emblematic sites.
Read the full original report at Excélsior for more details on the memorial project and survivors’ ongoing calls for justice.
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