Plaza Luis Cabrera
Plaza Luis Cabrera | |
|---|---|
| City square | |
 The park in 2016 | |
| Features | Green space, fountain |
| Opening date | c. 1900 |
| Area | 1.4 acres (0.57 ha) |
| Dedicated to | Luis Cabrera Lobato |
| Location | Colonia Roma, Mexico City |
19°24′59″N 99°9′34″W / 19.41639°N 99.15944°W Plaza Luis Cabrera is a public space in Colonia Roma, Mexico City. It is a cafe-ringed plaza with trees and a fountain which memorializes Luis Cabrera Lobato.[1]
Plaza Luis Cabrera is located on Orizaba Street at Zacatecas Street. To its north is Plaza Río de Janeiro.
In the 1950s the plaza was frequented by some American Beat Generation writers such as Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and others.[2] It hosted anti-Trump No Kings protests in 2025.[3][4][5][6]
References
- ^ "Plaza Luis Cabrera". Mexico City government.
- ^ Naked Lunch in Mexico City: On the Beatnik trail SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, August 30, 2016
- ^ Hundreds march in Mexico City, Guadalajara in anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests Mexico Daily News, June 16, 2025
- ^ "NO TYRANTS Mexico City, Mexico". Mobilize. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
- ^ "Ciudad de México se une a las protestas contra las redadas antiinmigrantes en EE.UU". SWI swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-15.
- ^ ""Día sin reyes" llega a CDMX: manifestantes exigen respeto a la comunidad mexicana en EU". LatinUS (in Spanish). 2025-06-14. Retrieved 2025-06-15.