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A Brave New World of Liberated Tourists
By Lorena Mancilla, Published Nov. 30, 2011
An afternoon of neon lights and ’80s pop, washed down with a pitcher of draft beer at the roller rink...a night of charalitos con chile, flying chairs, fake blood, and a screaming crowd that competes to ...
Valle de Guadalupe
By Lorena Mancilla, Published June 29, 2011
Imagine a valley filled with vineyards surrounded by olive trees. The weather is dry and warm and there’s hardly any wind. There are only a couple of paved roads and people mostly walk or drive on ...
Tijuana’s Public Space: The Consumption of Identity
By Rene Peralta, Published April 27, 2011
On the morning of April 12, a crowd of approximately 700 Tijuana residents, armed with placards and megaphones, shouted on the doorsteps of city hall, “¡Eco-cidio — no a la tala de arboles! ¡No al Zócalo ...
Rehab: A Public Nightmare in Tijuana
By Lorena Mancilla, Published Feb. 23, 2011
They sell newspapers on street corners. They wander around swap meets selling candy. They offer pamphlets in restaurants, taco stands, supermarkets, parking lots, malls, and ... More Post a comment
Riedel Medical Center: A Blueprint of Logic and Faith
By Rene Peralta, Published Dec. 8, 2010
All buildings begin as ideas. Yet, not all have an aura to develop into a story of their own, a story uninhibited from the architect’s ... More Comments (3)
Democracy, Mexico Style, and Tijuana’s Future
By Julio Martinez, Published Sept. 1, 2010
Tooth and Nail I always feel befuddled by how democracy works in Mexico, and Tijuana is a good example of how this type of democracy ... More Comments (2)
¡Futbol!
By Lorena Mancilla, Published June 23, 2010
Lions and Tigers and Xolos In a dusty field behind a racetrack in Tijuana, the line of cars trying to park snakes into the distance. ... More Comment (1)
The Tijuanense Identity
By Julio Martinez, Published April 21, 2010
Despite the fact that crime accosts daily life (we’re rather unaccustomed to guns and cadavers), some tijuanenses bicker about who is to be called a ... More Comment (1)
Yonder Lies It
By Rene Peralta, Published March 17, 2010
Looking for Herb Every Christmas Eve, my family gets together at my mother’s house in a Tijuana middle-class suburb near the old Caliente Racetrack to ... More Comments (2)
Tijuana's Downtown Revival
By Lorena Mancilla, Published Feb. 17, 2010
A Schizoid City Tijuana has suffered from multiple personality disorder for way too long. It’s been a place for trade and fugitives — for anyone ... More Comments (5)
Yonder Lies It
By Julio Martinez, Published Jan. 20, 2010
Crime, of Course As a native tijuanense, I always tend to have my city on my mind even though I find myself in the northernmost ... More Comments (3)
