Bogota | Images of the Mirador Illimaní Park in Ciudad Bolívar – Bogotá

Milton Díaz / EL TIEMPO and Secretary of Habitat

The residents of the El Paraíso, Mirador and Bella Flor neighborhoods received the Mirador Illimaní Park yesterday, a mega-project of public space that is part of the package of additional interventions to the TransMiCable to change the face of this area of ​​the town.

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The viewpoint was awarded in 2019 for 17 billion pesos and came to advance by 40% in the Mayor’s Office of Enrique Peñalosa: now the new administration completes and delivers it. “Today is the happiest day because they give us a work, perhaps the most beautiful in Bogotá, with a spectacular view. It is the Christmas gift for Ciudad Bolívar, I invite everyone to take care of it ”, Ana Mercedes Mora, President of JAC El Paraíso.

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The point includes not only a viewpoint with a privileged view of all of Bogotá, but an urban sports scene, a large playground, a basketball court, a soccer field and a multi-level plaza for the enjoyment of neighbors and those who want to. go visit it and get to know, incidentally, the interventions of urban art and a gigantography of the word ‘Bogotá’ made by local youth. There is also the largest flag in the country and a commemorative plaque that honors the work of the peasants who raised this neighborhood more than 40 years ago.

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For those interested in knowing this point, it must be remembered that it is located 10 blocks from the last TransMiCable station and that a good part of the merchants on the main road are trained in tourist service. In 2019 alone, the town was visited by 120,000 tourists attracted by the aerial cable.

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“Beautifying spaces with color is an excuse to work with the community in its sense of belonging. What we seek is to change the perception of the public space, so that the community feels proud of the improvement interventions and that it be their own, ”said the Secretary of Habitat, Nadya Rangel, who was present at the delivery and at the signing of the Sustainability Agreement by which the community undertakes to take care of the work and the District to guarantee its maintenance and safety.

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This Wednesday it was also announced that next to the Mirador there will be a complementary intervention to connect the Mirador Park with the TransMiCable station and improvement processes for the mobility of the Sitp routes.

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Young people invited to the inauguration expressed their intention to work on ecological projects and extreme urban sports around the work.

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“We have been waiting for a space like these for 10 years. I would like us to continue working together, we need support ”, Anderson Mesa, members of a youth group in the area, told the District.