Editing Acapulco (section)

=== 20th century ===
[[File:Acapulco - Palmasola-Punto-mas-alto.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|The Bay of Acapulco from the top of Palma Sola.]]
In 1911, [[Mexican Revolution|revolutionary forces]] took over the main plaza of Acapulco.<ref name="encmuc" /> In 1920, the [[Prince of Wales]] (the future [[Edward VIII of the United Kingdom|King Edward VIII]]) visited the area. Impressed by what he saw, he recommended the place to his compatriots in Europe, making it popular with the elite there.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QmHTDgAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |last=Echenberg |first=Myron J. |title=Humboldt's Mexico: In the Footsteps of the Illustrious German Scientific Traveller |publisher=McGill–Queen's University Press |isbn=978-0-773549401 |year=2017 |page=7}}</ref> Much of the original hotel and trading infrastructure was built by a businessman named Albert B. Pullen from [[Corrigan, Texas]], in the area now known as Old Acapulco. In 1933, Carlos Barnard started the first section of ''Hotel El Mirador'', with 12 rooms on the cliffs of [[La Quebrada, Mexico|La Quebrada]].<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3PVNpNF0yoC&pg=PA49 |last=Delgado |first=Kevin |title=Explorer's Guide Acapulco: A Great Destination |publisher=Countryman Press |isbn=978-1-581571158 |year=2010 |page=49}}</ref> Albert Pullen built the ''Las Americas Hotel''.<ref name="Husband 2022 m216">{{cite web | last=Husband | first=Stuart | title=The Magic Down There | website=The Rake | date=June 8, 2022 | url=https://therake.com/stories/the-magic-down-there | access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Snow_1955">{{cite news |last1=Snow |first1=Virginia |date=1955-01-30 |title=Mexican Parade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-austin-american-mexican-parade/143609037/ |work=The Austin American |location=Austin, Texas, USA |access-date=2024-03-18}}</ref> In the late 1930s, “La Fraccionadora de Acapulco, S.A.” (FASA), consisting of William Pullen, Anacleto Martínez, Juan M. Salcedo, and Wolf Schoenburg, who was especially instrumental,<ref name="Severo 1972 p369">{{cite web | last=Severo | first=Richard | title=For the Rich, Acapulco Isn't What It Used to Be | website=The New York Times | date=January 2, 1972 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/02/archives/for-the-rich-acapulco-isnt-what-it-used-to-be.html | access-date=March 18, 2024}}</ref> started tourism development in earnest.<ref name="Flynn_2020">{{cite thesis |last1=Flynn |first1=Mariana Ávila |date=May 2020 |title=Recovering the Ideals of a Former Paradise:Preservation Approaches for Modern Acapulco |url=https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-kkvt-0317/download |degree=MS |chapter=1 |publisher=[[Columbia University]] |doi=10.7916/d8-kkvt-0317 |access-date=2024-03-18}}</ref>

In the mid-1940s, the first commercial wharf and warehouses were built.<ref name="apiacapulco" /> In the early 1950s, President [[Miguel Alemán Valdés]] upgraded the port's infrastructure, installing electrical lines, drainage systems, roads and the first highway to connect the port with Mexico City.

The economy grew and foreign investment increased with it. During the 1950s, Acapulco became the fashionable place for millionaire Hollywood stars such as [[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Frank Sinatra]], [[Eddie Fisher]] and [[Brigitte Bardot]]. The 1963 Hollywood movie ''[[Fun in Acapulco]]'', starring [[Elvis Presley]], is set in Acapulco although the filming took place in the United States. Former swing musician [[Teddy Stauffer]], the so-called "Mister Acapulco", was a hotel manager ("Villa Vera", "Casablanca"), who attracted many celebrities to Acapulco.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stockpress.de/2010/08/05/teddy-stauffer-der-swingkonig-im-paradies/ |title=Teddy Stauffer: Der Swingkönig im Paradies |first=Wolfgang |last=Stock |date=5 August 2010 |website=Stockpress.de |language=de |access-date=August 22, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924204842/http://stockpress.de/2010/08/05/teddy-stauffer-der-swingkonig-im-paradies/ |archive-date=September 24, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

From a population of only 4,000 or 5,000 in the 1940s, by the early 1960s, Acapulco had a population of about 50,000.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |date=1967 |title=Acapulco |encyclopedia=World Book Encyclopedia |volume=1 |publisher=[[Field Enterprises]] |page=19}}</ref> In 1958, the Diocese of Acapulco was created by [[Pope Pius XII]]. It became an archdiocese in 1983.<ref name="arquid">{{cite web |title=Historia de la Arquidiócesis |url=http://www.arquidiocesisacapulco.org/ |website=Archdiocese of Acapulco |location=Acapulco, Guerrero |language=es |trans-title=History of the Archdiocese |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106163237/http://www.arquidiocesisacapulco.org/ |archive-date=January 6, 2010 |access-date=January 10, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:Acapulco zona hotelera 02.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Acapulco skyline.]]

During the 1960s and 1970s, new hotel resorts were built, and accommodation and transport were made cheaper. It was no longer necessary to be a millionaire to spend a holiday in Acapulco; the foreign and Mexican middle class could now afford to travel here. However, as more hotels were built in the south part of the bay, the old hotels of the 1950s lost their grandeur.<ref name="lacey">{{cite news |title=Acapulco, Long Dotted With Tourists, Is Now Home to Drug War |first=Marc |last=Lacey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/americas/09mexico.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 8, 2009 |access-date=January 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912135617/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/world/americas/09mexico.html |archive-date=September 12, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> For the [[1968 Summer Olympics]] in neighboring [[Mexico City]], Acapulco hosted the [[Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|sailing]] (then yachting) events.

In the 1970s, there was a significant expansion of the port.<ref name="apiacapulco" />

The [[Miss Universe 1978]] pageant took place in the city.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5fxjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA174 |editor1-last=Mor |editor1-first=Jessica Stites |editor2-last=Suescun Pozas |editor2-first=Maria del Carmen |title=The Art of Solidarity: Visual & Performative Politics in Cold War Latin America |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-1-477316405 |year=2018 |page=174}}</ref> In 1983, singer-songwriter [[Juan Gabriel]] wrote the song "Amor eterno", which pays homage to Acapulco. The song was first and most famously recorded by [[Rocío Dúrcal]]. Additionally, Acapulco is the hometown of actress, singer, and comedian [[Aida Pierce|Aída Pierce]], who found fame during the 1980s, 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century.

The tollway known as the ''Ruta del Sol'' was built during the 1990s, crossing the mountains between Mexico City and Acapulco. The journey takes only about three-and-a-half hours, making Acapulco a favorite weekend destination for Mexico City inhabitants. It was in that time period that the economic impact of Acapulco as a tourist destination increased positively, and as a result new types of services emerged, such as the [[Colegio Nautilus]]. This educational project, backed by the state government, was created for the families of local and foreign investors and businessmen living in Acapulco who were in need of a bilingual and international education for their children.{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

The port continued to grow and in 1996, a new private company, API Acapulco, was created to manage operations. This consolidated operations and now Acapulco is the major port for car exports to the Pacific.<ref name="apiacapulco" />

The city was devastated by [[Hurricane Pauline]] in 1997. The storm stranded tourists and left more than 100 dead in the city. Most of the victims were from the [[shantytown]]s built on steep hillsides that surround the city. Other victims were swept away by thirty-foot (9&nbsp;m) waves and {{convert|150|mph|-1|abbr=on}} winds. The main road, Avenida Costera, became a fast-moving river of sludge {{convert|3|ft|m|spell=in}} in depth.<ref name="davison">{{cite news |title=109 dead as Hurricane Pauline batters Mexico |first=Phil |last=Davison |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/109-dead-as-hurricane-pauline-batters-mexico-1234952.html |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London |date=October 10, 1997 |access-date=January 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204083527/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/109-dead-as-hurricane-pauline-batters-mexico-1234952.html |archive-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>