The street runs between the intersection of
Paseo de la Reforma and
Avenida Bucareli, marked by
Sebastián's sculpture known as El Caballito, and Eje 1 Central, east of which it becomes
Madero Street, the city's busiest pedestrian street.
Hotel Regis, which "brought together the upper echelons of the city" and aimed at being the best hotel in Mexico. Included a theater, restaurants, bars, sauna, pharmacy, swimming pool, billiard halls. Favorite of politicians, artists, journalists, and businessmen. Visited by
Venustiano Carranza,
Frank Sinatra,
Ava Gardner,
Clark Gable,
Richard Nixon,
Fidel Castro, and
Agustín Lara.[1][5]