Archinect - News 2024-12-22T16:19:02-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/17086288/mexico-city-to-build-the-world-s-largest-urban-park Mexico City to Build the World's Largest Urban Park MikeChino 2011-08-16T14:35:10-04:00 >2011-08-17T09:27:36-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/r2/r2x5g0dr84stk854.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Leading Mexican architect and landscape urbanist I&ntilde;aki Echeverria just unveiled his newest project which when completed, will be the largest urban park in the world. Dubbed El Parque Ecologico Lago de Texcoco (Texcoco Lake Ecological Park), the wide, open development will encompass more than 35,000 acres of space &ndash; which is 41 times larger than New York&rsquo;s Central Park.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>