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Modernizing Santiago in the 1960s was no easy task for a poor country like Chile. The San Borja Remodeling, Chile's first high-rise neighborhood and CORMU's flagship project, became an urban laboratory that, through the ideas of the modern movement, sought to build affordable housing with luxury standards. How did this ambitious project end? I show you in this video. *The former market was named after Juan Antonio Ríos, not José Antonio ???? Other videos you might like: KPD: the buildings that were built in 16 days: • KPD: the buildings that are being built... Thousands of empty apartments: what's happening in Estación Central?: • Thousands of empty apartments: what's... This is how Santiago has progressed in social projects: • The impressive progress of Santiago c... My instagram: / sokolovcl What's inside: 00:00 San Borja: a laboratory of urban dreams 01:59 The 60s: the historical context 03:26 What was CORMU: the Urban Improvement Corporation? 04:17 Baquedano Tower: the inspiration for the San Borja Remodeling 05:01 Modern movement in the Chilean context 06:26 High-rise walkways: the true jewel of the neighborhood 07:40 Why were people afraid to move here? 08:26 Affordable housing with luxury standards 09:51 What was planned vs. what was done 11:40 Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of Chile 17:05 San Borja Park 17:52 We enter tower 12 / the San Borja Remodeling from the inside 20:05 Why does the neighborhood look so abandoned today? #chile #santiagodechile #santiago