The Civic Center of Guatemala City is endangered because of real estate speculation. The site has a unique patrimonial industrial and modern heritage, and for that it has been declared as modern heritage of the nation in 2014. Unfortunately the Government of Guatemala has promoted a project to accommodate administrative offices for the state. This includes the construction of several buildings in the area of the former Central Railroad Station, which is protected by several ministerial agreements and is situated within the maximum protection polygon of the areas of influence of the Civic Center. The implementation of this project will irreversibly damage the industrial heritage and alter the urban landscape of modernity which is represented by the Civic Center, putting in danger the possibility to include this modern, architectural complex in the indicative list for World Heritage at UNESCO.

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