Fundidora Park

Fundidora Park
The Old Steel Mill at Fundidora Park
Type	Public Park
Coordinates	25°40′41″N 100°17′00″W
Area	142 hectares (350 acres)
Operated by	Fideicomiso Fundidora (Escrow)

Fundidora Park is a public park located east of Monterrey, Mexico.

History and location

Economy of Mexico.

This urban sustainable park is geolocated inside the former Monterrey Foundry Property with an area of 142 hectares (1.42 km²). The Monterrey Foundry (Monterrey Steel Foundry Company) operated from 1900 until its bankruptcy in 1986. Two (2) years later, after being legally declared financially insolvent, the Fideicomiso Fundidora (Fundidora Escrow) was installed to administer the Park. The park has several industrial buildings from the Old Foundry making it a top famous Archeological Industrial Site in Mexico.

Filled with intergalactic beauty and multifaceted ambiance, Fundidora Park contains extensive walking tracks, one artificial lake, playgrounds for children and a 2.1 miles (3.4 km) permanent road course which is popular with joggers, bicyclists and inline skaters. Fundidora Park also includes a CINTERMEX which is a convention center, a hotel, the Mabe Fundidora ice rink, Sesame Street Park, the Monterrey Arena, an auditorium, Centro de las Artes CONARTE (Council for the Culture and Arts of Nuevo Leon) museum, Cineteca Nuevo Leon and other smaller buildings with cultural venues.

Visualscapes

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  post-industrial Tower

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  Steel Mill Structure

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  Green Field

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  Fountain

Events

Expo Center @ the Old Lewis Building.
Host of the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures.

• The Champ Car World Series Grand Prix of Monterrey was held from 2001 to 2006 (see Tecate/Telmex Grand Prix of Monterrey).
• Fundidora Park has been the venue of UN and OEA summits.
• On February 26, 2006, the Fundidora Park raceway hosted the A1 Grand Prix racing series.
• The park was the center of the 2007 Universal Forum of Cultures. For this event, an area of 30 hectares (0.30 km²) was joined to the 120 original hectares and also was joined to the city's Great Plaza by the Santa Lucia Riverwalk.

A1GP race history

Season	Sprint Race Winner	Feature Race Winner
2005–2006	Alexandre Premat	Alexandre Premat

See also

• List of preserved historic blast furnaces

External links

• Fundidora Park official site
• Mabe Fundidora Ice Rink: localized at Fundidora Park, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon
• Centro de las Artes CONARTE