Ciudad Universitaria: Mexico '68 Olympic Stadium

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Title	Ciudad Universitaria: Mexico '68 Olympic Stadium
Alternate Title	Ciudad Universitaria: Estadio Olimpico Universitario
View	View from across the road, looking over the bridge to the Central Library
Work Type	buildings recreation buildings sports buildings stadiums
Style/Period	Twentieth century
Creator Name	Rivera, Diego, 1886-1957
Creator Nationality	Mexican
Date.Creator Birth	1886
Date.Creator Death	1957
Contributors to Project	Augusto Perez Palacios (Mexican architect, active ca. 1950-1968); Diego Rivera (Mexican muralist, 1886-1957) and others
Subject.work	architecture recreation and games festivals Olympics sports sporting events athletics
Country	Mexico
City	Mexico City
State/Province	Distrito Federal
Location.Notes	Avenida Insurgentes
Architectural Material	concrete; lava rock; Tartan track; pebble mosaic
Technique	construction (assembling); mosaic (process)
Dates	1952 (creation)
Photographer	Gilchrist, Scott
Date Photographed	8/15/1998
Subject Information	It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico, capacity of 62,700. It was renamed to host the Olympic Games of 1968; for the event the seating capacity was increased from 70,000 to 83,700 spectators (without substantially modifying the original structure) to cover the IOC requirements for an Olympic stadium. On the east side of University Olympic Stadium, is a mural (1956) by Diego Rivera, left unfinished at his death in 1957. Architects; Augusto Perez Palacios, Raul Salinas and Jorge Bravo Moro.
Information.source	Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Credit Line	copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Collection Title	Archivision (architecture, urban design, gardens, landscapes and public art)

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