"The restoration and remodeling of several important buildings in the historic center of Mexico City is part of a program oriented towards using monuments as modern working environments: banks, artistic spaces, commercial establishments, conference centers, or homes. Magazine-style color photographs show before-and-after states of the restoration projects. Some of the projects examined are the Antiguo Colegio Real de Minas, which today is the Association of Engineers; the Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, now the University Museum; and an 18th-century home, now the renowned Café Tacuba"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.