Tijuana's Historic Preservation Struggle

Activists seek to identify landmark buildings before they are obliterated by by present-day chaos.

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August 21, 2000, 11:30 AM PDT

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.

Thanks to Chris Steins

FULL STORY: Tijuana Struggles to Preserve Vestiges of Its Past

Thursday, October 6, 2005 in The Los Angeles Times

History / Preservation North America

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