The city as a real space-abstract and the possibilities of its redefinition

Este ensayo argumenta que el andar por las calles no remozadas del área nororiental del Centro Histórico del Distrito Federal, permite reconocer que dicho entorno, pese a su significado original, puede ser resignificado. Se pretende explicar cómo dicha resignificación , que lleva a cabo un sujeto caminante, es fruto de una contingencia que ejercen los impactos y afectaciones de calles, plazas y edificios del área aludida.Walking along the old streets of the northeastern part of Mexico City's Historie Center allows us to realize that these surroundings can be given an entire new meaning regardless of what their original significance may have been. This essay explores the notion that this abstraction is a direct consequence of the traveler's personal interpretations molded by the impressions made upon him (or her) by the city's streets, plazas and buildings