Parque de la 93
Leafy neighborhood square reclaimed from a rubble dump, now ringed by restaurants and terrace bars.
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This guide to Parque de la 93 in Bogotá follows this Chapinero square's decades as a rubble dump and overnight parking lot for horse carts, until fed-up neighbors formed a committee in 1994 and partnered with a fast-moving developer, Pedro Gómez. You'll hear how the district government, local businesses and the city's botanical garden all had a hand in choosing what to plant, tree by tree, and how the park reopened just ten months later. Listen for the administrative twist that let residents keep running it long after.
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