Jan 162022
The 42 chapters of If Walls Could Talk: Chapala’s Historic Buildings and Their Former Occupants are arranged in three parts:
PART A: The town center
- Parish church of San Francisco
- Stagecoaches and 1907 traffic congestion
- Gran Hotel Chapala (Posada Dona Trini)
- Villa Ana Victoria
- The Widow’s Bar
- Casa Barragán (the Witter Bynner house)
- Plazas, old and new
- Cerro San Miguel
- Old Municipal Building
- Municipal Building (Hotel Palmera, Hotel Nido)
- Hotel Arzapalo
- Beer Garden
- Casa Capetillo
- Casa Galván (Villa Aurora)
- Mi Pullman
- Villa Ave María
- Chalet Paulsen (Villa Paz)
- Las Delicias therapeutic baths
PART B: West along Avenida Hidalgo
- Villa Ferrara
- Mineral water bottling plant
- Villa Tlalocan
- Villa Adriana
- Casa Albión (Villa Josefina)
- Villa Niza
- Jardín del Mago
- Villa Reynera
- La Capilla de Lourdes
- Hotel Villa Montecarlo
- Villa Bela (Villa Bell)
- La Casita Blanca
- Villa Virginia
- Villa Macedonia and the Schmoll residence
- Villa Tatra
- El Manglar
PART C: East of the pier
- Waterfront and original yacht club
- Casa Braniff
- Villa Robles León
- Villa Carmen
- Casa de las Cuentas (the D. H. Lawrence house)
- Villa Ochoa
- Chapala Yacht Club
- Chapala Railroad Station
The book also includes detailed original maps, reference notes, a bibliography and index.
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