The Next American City, January 1st, 2007
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
Teddy Cruz's plan to market slum-living
For several miles along the U.S.-Mexico border, the wall separating San Diego and Tijuana is made from old metal landing pads used by the U.S. Army during the first Gulf War. The metal sheets driven upright into the dirt are six inches north of the actual border, a half-foot into U.S. territory, creating a very narrow no-man's strip for about 20 miles. Its width is roughly equal to the length of a new pencil.
It is these forgotten spaces that fascinate Teddy Cruz. A San Diego-based architect who was raised in Guatemala and educat...
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