A group of workers is directed inside the 'Casa del Obrero' that occupied the Palacio de los Tiles in 1915.Casasola Archive, National Photo Library, INAH.
The house of tiles and the nineteenth -century Mexico
In 1871 the property was sold to the landowner Rafael Martínez de la Torrewho had also been a fervent defender of Maximiliano de Habsburg. In 1877, at the death of this character, the house passed to Felipe Yturbe and Villar, whose family was its owner until 1979 when they sold it to the Sanborns brothers. They already rented it since 1919, but now they were the absolute owners.
Felipe Yturbe rented the property in 1882 to an institution that brought, among other things, the professionalization of horsepower and riding To Mexico, together with the creation of one of the first private clubs: the Jockey Club. Inside, what once were residential spaces, were transformed to accommodate game rooms, bars, coffees, smoking rooms, steam rooms, libraries and events for events. His clients belonged to the Porfirian aristocracy, that is, they were a select and well -known group of politicians, businessmen and government friends who had benefited from some concession, some agrarian distribution or some public office.
José Juan Tablada was one of the characters that he knew thoroughly this chapter in the story of our main character and ensures that inside, it was common to meet characters like Alberto Braniff, a pioneer of aviation in Mexico or Don Guillermo de Landa and Escandón, who was governor of the Federal District. Also It should be noted that in 1904, with the opening of 5 de Mayo Street, the House of the Tiles lost 98 square meters of its original extension.
Facade of the House of Los Tiles in 1920 when their premises occupied businesses of different turns.Culhuacán Collection, National Photo Library, INAH.
In 1904, with the opening of 5 de Mayo Street, the House of Los Tiles lost more than 90 square meters of extension.Photo Library Constantino Reyes-Valerio, INAH.
In 1884, Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera portrayed the change that Mexico experienced in its rural, urban in its poem The Duchess of Job Where does it mention:
From the doors of surprise
to the corner of the jockey club,
There is no Spanish, Yankee or French,
Neither prettier, nor more naughty
than the Duke Job Duchess.
Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera, The Duchess of Job1884.
The arrival of the revolution to the capital of the country brought with it that the Zapatistas entered Sanborns to try their famous breakfasts.Casasola Archive, National Photo Library, INAH.
Residence, Club, Workers Organization and Coffee of Cultural Aspirations
In 1915 Venustiano Carranza gave the property to an association that gained strength in the social sphere: The worker's house that only occupied it until 1916 for the constant conflicts that arose in their meetings. Since 1919, as we mentioned before, the establishment was rented to the Sanborns brothers who, a few years ago they had already installed a pharmacy and source of American style sodas. However, that year they created an entire trade concept that included a restaurant and store of various items, which continues to this day.
By 1924, the owner of the house, Francisco Sergio de Yturbe commissioned José Clemente Orozco for a mural to decorate the main staircase cube And the result was Omniscience that can still be admired to feel part of the post -revolutionary nationalist Mexico. It was also in this mythical restaurant where, during the 20s, a magazine that revolutionized Mexican culture was founded, Contemporary.
Currently, the Los Tile House It is one of the most famous coffees not only for its history – which for many is unknown – but because its facade is an icon of Mexico City, which You have seen the most emblematic moments of our history happen: From the entrance of the victorious trigrat army for the consummation of independence, until the arrival of the Villist and Zapatista armies in 1914 when the revolution reached the capital.