Ciudad Juarez, the epicenter of Mexico’s drug war and a major industrial hub and border crossing, is a surreal place. Old American school buses painted over with white chug through this gritty town transporting hundreds of workers from the slums where they live to the massive factories, or maquiladores, that have sprung up in recent [...]
Entries from June 2009
June 18, 2009
Chiapas Street Art
Chiapas, the southernmost state in Mexico and home to the zapatista revolution, is an amazing place, rich in natural beauty and indigenous cultures. I recently traveled there with my father and was awed by the friendly people, breathtaking views, and political graffiti. San Cristobal de la Casas, a town where we spent several nights and [...]
June 8, 2009
Daily Dose of Street Art
This old house, on the corner of Alvaro Obregon and Insurgentes, is one of my all time favorites in the DF. It’s constantly being covered by a plethora of crazy posters and graffiti which creates the effect of a continuously morphing collage. Plus, it looks haunted. And of course, it’s in Roma, the hippest neighborhood [...]
