Edificio Limatambo, Modern architecture building in San Isidro, Peru.
Edificio Limatambo was a modern residential building composed of three blocks at different heights, with the main section reaching nine floors along Javier Prado Avenue and a smaller rear wing extending seven floors. The structure housed multiple apartments on each floor and functioned as a residential complex until its demolition in 2013.
Architect Enrique Seoane Ros designed and built this structure between 1953 and 1954 near the former Limatambo International Airport. The project was commissioned by the Brescia family and emerged during a period of post-war urban expansion in San Isidro.
Locals called it "El edificio Coca Cola" because of the Coca-Cola billboards that lit the facade at night. One of its earliest billboards promoted Panagra, the airline operating at the nearby Limatambo airport. The rotating Coca-Cola sign on the roof stayed up for years and made the block easy to identify from Javier Prado.
The building stood at the intersection of Javier Prado and Paseo de la República avenues, near the former Limatambo International Airport. It was demolished in the second half of 2013, so nothing of it remains; the cleared site has since been used as a parking lot. The planned 55-floor Rímac Tower, announced for the spot, was never built.
The Coca-Cola sign was not the first billboard on the roof: an early one advertised Panagra, the airline that operated at the nearby Limatambo airport. The illuminated Coca-Cola lettering stayed up for years and gave the building its local nickname, "El edificio Coca Cola".
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