100en1diaTijuana: movimento mundial
Tijuana va a participar en un movimento mundial. 7 de junio, 2014 ¡No faltes!
observing san diego-tijuana urban life Post Tagged with: "pop culture"
Tijuana Colonias
Tijuana Urban Art
Tijuana participativa: Tijuana will join in worldwide movement of 100 en 1 día
“This is something everyone knows: A well-used city street is apt to be a safe street. A deserted city street is apt to be unsafe.” –Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961) Indeed, as Jane Jacobs argued in 1961, what makes a city great is the […]
Tijuana Colonias / Tijuana Photo of the Day
Spectacular skaters at Mariano Matamoros
Ultra hip teen skater flies off a ramp and nails the landing at the Vivamos la Calle festival in Tijuana’s Colonia Mariano Matamoros.
Tijuana Urban Art
Urban art in progress
Garzón Masabó, Professor of Art at University Autonoma of Baja California, guides young Tijuana urban artist Packo Soria as he moves through the stages to create a stencil. Stenciling draws its appearl from its modern roots in commercial design and signage. The form lends itself to collage, mashups, and activist […]
Tijuana Urban Art
HEM Crew celebrates 24 years on the streets of Tijuana/San Diego
Tucked inside a parking lot off Calle Primera in Tijuana’s Zona Norte, a mural now covers what was once a blank wall. This past week, members of the graffiti crew HEM (Hecho en Mexico or “Made in Mexico”) marked a milestone together–twenty-four years of bombing the streets and alleys of […]
Tijuana Urban Art
Hip Hop Kids in Ensenada
A few weeks ago, I went to Ensenada with Libre & Shente & Eddy of HEM crew to shoot some photos of their mural project. Ensenada was having its annual Fiesta Callejera in the Plaza de las Artes in CEARTE, the Centro Estatal de las Artes Ensenada. On Thursday afternoon, […]
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Budget remodeling in Tijuana: scoring some cheap paint
So, I’m painting both inside and outside my house in TJ. And the low price of paint and supplies here, plus the gracious assistance from my friends Chilo and Ernesto, have made it possible to do major work on landscaping and interior decorating–on a budget. But the untold story of […]
Tijuana Photo of the Day / Tijuana Urban Art
Como chingados te explico …. Tijuana Day 50
Crossing back and forth too much in the past two weeks from Tijuana to San Diego, and I haven’t had a chance to shoot many photos or post new ones. But just spent two super fun days in Ensenada, photographing a new mural at the Centro Estatal de las Artes […]
Tijuana Photo of the Day / Tijuana Urban Art
“Eight Days a Week” at La Chupiteria, Tijuana Day 36
Beatles night at La Chupiteria, and we went crazy until 3 AM singing and dancing on the bar. A jazz musician showed up around 1:30 AM with his soprano saxophone and just started playing along as another patron started hammering out accompaniment on the piano. Damn, La Chupiteria, you know […]
Tijuana Photo of the Day
Speed Chess en Parque Teniente Guerrero, Tijuana Day 35
Wednesday afternoon chess players in Parque Teniente Guerrero, just west of the downtown on Calle Segunda.
