Here are a few shots of street art in downtown area from my visit a month ago. I blogged about Tijuana a couple of times last year as well. Links below. Playas de Tijuana / a Fuckin´Fence in the Sea Signs of Tijuana
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PLAYAS DE TIJUANA /A FUCKIN´ FENCE IN THE SEA (PHOTO ESSAY)
I was recently in Tijuana – el último rincón de la patria ( the last corner of the motherland) – having crossed over on foot from the southern suburbs of San Diego. The San Ysidro border crossing is the most crossed land border in the world. Heading south into Mexico,however, the crossing was swift and […]
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THE CITY IS A CANVAS: STREET ART IN DF
Below is a just a minuscule selection of the street art that can be found all over Mexico’s Federal District. I like to wander the city and be surprised by what’s around the next corner. Some of the art stays for a while, some is ephemeral, something new will pop up, the city is dynamic […]
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LA VIDA TAPATÍA: SCENES OF GUADALAJARA
I recently spent a few days in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second city, for the first time. Tapatío or Tapatía are the adjectival and noun forms used to describe people or things that originate from the city. I spent the few days doing a lot of wandering and watching, mainly in and around the historic centre of […]
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MURALISTS GET POLITICAL IN MÉXICO DF
The streets of Mexico City are jam packed with street art, everything from messy tags to stencil work to wacky sculptures to large and bold murals. Of course Mexico has a long and proud history of muralism exemplified especially by the ´big three´ Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco and David Alfaro Siqueiros. During the first […]
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CORNERS OF THE CITY # 2: EJE CENTRAL AND……. (TRIPLE DOSE)
Three months ago I inaugurated this planned series of Mexico City corners with my post about the Triple Alliance Garden on the corner of Tacuba and Filomena Mata in the historic centre. Although I’ve passed by and stopped on plenty of interesting corners of the city I neglected to add a follow up post. Until now. Today I […]
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NIÑOS BOGOTANOS (BOGOTÁ BOYS)
In late May I spent an afternoon in central Bogota walking around the historic district of La Candelaria, eating the typical dish of bandeja paisa and drinking cerveza colombiana. Late in the afternoon just before beginning the journey back to El Dorado International Airport I came across a mural with the smiling, laughing faces of little boys. […]
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CALLEJON DE HAMEL – HAVANA, CUBA
Callejon de Hamel – probably the most colourful area of Havana, Cuba. Great murals! I visited late one afternoon in 2011 and had the place pretty much to myself.
Read moreStation / Estación # 151: Zapotitlan
I rode down line 12, almost to the southern end, and alighted at Zapotitlan. The station symbol shows a tree with three branches containing the sapote fruit. This represents the first part of the station name. The ‘titlan’ suffix means ‘between’, so Zapotitlan means between the sapote trees. Around the station I found what they […]
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NIÑA CHILANGA (MEXICO CITY GIRL)
The street art across Mexico City adds a great deal of colour and beauty to the streets of the hyper-metropolis. This image is from a street not far from Plaza Garibaldi in the downtown area – the home of Mexico City’s mariachi musicians. I’ve got hundreds of street art shots from Mexico City and I […]
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