Tijuana's Historic Preservation Struggle

Aida Anchondo, a longtime activist, and her allies hope to rescue vestiges of the downtown Tijuana's past from a present that prefers to express itself with garish signs, oversized patios, slapdash building design and noise, noise, noise. A civic group called United for Tijuana and the city's tourism bureau are working to identify historic touches worth saving in a 57-block area--the closest thing Tijuana has to a historical core.