Just a little over a week ago an unidentified committee proposed that Casa del Marino on Av. Paseo Claussen be torn down.
The College of Architects of Sinaloa, the National Institute of Fine Arts, and the National Anthropology and History say “not so fast.”
René Armando Llanes Gutierrez, director of the School of Architecture of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa in Culiacán, and the president of the College of Architects of Sinaloa, said, “The building is a taste of history, it is living testimony, we see different times in a single glance, and the Seamen’s Home is a historical monument. I am sure there are hidden interests in those that want to put the economic value over the cultural value.”
These intuitions called for the municipal, state, and federal governments to protect this historical icon of Mazatlán, which is part of the National Monuments Historical Catalog.
María Josefina Galindo and Mario Sandoval Martinez Lopez, architects associated with INAH, also spoke against the demolition of the building with artistic value. “As we have already said, it is part of the National List of Historic Monuments, the Fuerte de 31 de Marzo and are in favor of its conservation.”
“Our idea is to restore the Fuerte March 31, and integrate it with the Seamen’s Home; these houses were born to serve seamen, to give them shelter and medical care.’
La Casa del Marino was opened on June 1, 1946 by the President of the Republic, Manuel Avila Camacho said, the passage of time and lack of care has contributed to it deterioration.
(from Noroeste)
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