On your left, look for the tall, red-orange concrete slice shooting up into the sky like a giant minimalist bookmark against the clouds.
This is the Faro del Comercio, one of Monterrey’s signature landmarks, planted right here in the Macroplaza with the Cathedral across the way and the city offices tucked behind. It went up fast, between 1983 and 1984, built to mark the first 100 years of Monterrey’s Chamber of Commerce. The design is often credited to Luis Barragán… though, in a twist worthy of local gossip, he never publicly claimed it before he died. Architect Raúl Ferrara executed the build, and engineer Francisco Fortunato Garza Mercado made sure this 69.8-meter tower didn’t do anything dramatic like falling over.
It even had an earlier working title: “Red Plaque.” Marketing clearly won that day. At night, a green laser snaps on, visible across the city like Monterrey’s own steady signal.
Ready for Macroplaza? Just walk northwest for 2 minutes.
