Carrera 7 corredor cultural / paseo peatonal
Pedestrian cultural corridor where street musicians, mimes and chess players fill a colonial-era thoroughfare.
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This guide to Bogota's Carrera Septima pedestrian corridor, once colonial Bogota's very first street, follows a flute maker named Wilson Duran, who fled armed conflict in Sahagun, Cordoba with his family and rebuilt a life playing a fading coastal style on this stretch of pavement. It traces how the street itself was pedestrianized block by block and became a stage for chess players, mimes and musicians from across the country. Listen for the flute somewhere in the crowd as you walk the corridor.
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