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A City of Leftovers

Posted by: Nate Berg

31 January 2009 - 11:00am

Tijuana is literally built with the development waste of nearby San Diego, California. This video by Laura Hanna shows how.

"Architect Teddy Cruz tracks a new kind of urban ecology: Across the border from San Diego in Tijuana, a spontaneous urban space is taking shape off the radar of city planners, as an affluent city sheds its aging houses and its pieces are reassembled into creative dwellings for the poor."

Full Story: VideoNation: A City Made of Waste
Source: The Nation, January 29, 2009
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