Heritage, related to its use or appropriation by people, comes again to the scene as a no delay problem related to the deep transformations taking place at present in big cities. It is al old issue eventhough renewed for a new context. The expansion of the meaning of concepts as heritage, historical center and history have had influence on the ways things were focused up to now, permitting a switch from the traditional stages of exhibit and enlarging what could be legitimated as heritage. A new dimension of heritage is being introduced from the local stances, eventhough in correspondence with the way in which social actors appropriate of the universal/global categories. So, the production process of heritage is not any more only a question related to the State, instead it has turned into a strategic and very instrumental question for the neighbors of several parts of the city. In the case of Mexico City these issues have begun to grow in relevance. That's why this paper intends to analyze these new conceptions, uses and appropriation of heritage and history, comparing the historical center of Tlalpan and the modern Polanco Colony in Mexico City.