The Macedonio Alcalá Tourist Walkway

This street is neatly paved with rectangular cantera (quarry-stone). It was closed to vehicular traffic and converted into a pedestrian walkway in 1985. The street is flanked by colonial buildings such as those that hold the Public Library, the Monte de Piedad (pawn shop), the Museum of Contemporary Art, the former State of Oaxaca Institute of Sciences and Arts Building (today part of the Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez), and diverse shops, restaurants, and craft stores.