TIJUANA A few days ago, we stumbled upon old photographs of Tijuana that began to feed our curiosity towards discovering what used to be there, since some buildings have changed a lot since those pictures were taken.
What may had been known as a ranch or several ranches known as Tia Juana in 1829, paved the way for the modern city of Tijuana, founded in July 11, 1889, which in the early 1890s it had barely a population of 245.
As a lot of you may already know, this border town received a huge amount of American citizens back in The Roaring Twenties due to the Prohibition era in the U.S., a nationwide constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation and transportation of alcoholic beverages, which resulted in U.S. nationals driving down to Tijuana for some good ol fun and alcohol.
Since then and even after the end of Prohibition, the Downtown TJ area, known as El Centro by locals, was considered the only populated area, where all of the towns businesses and stores served tourists.
Which is why we collected this first part of a series of old vs current pictures of those same spots, focusing on the Downtown area, this way youll be able to make your own Tijuana comparisons and be surprised just as we did when looking at them.
Check out which buildings still stand and the ones that got replaced by newer ones!
Hotel Caesar between 5th street and Avenida Revolución
Present-day photograph: Daniel Esparza / San Diego Red
Cine Variedades on 2nd street, between Mutualismo and F. Martínez street
Present-day photograph: Daniel Esparza / San Diego Red
The Jai Alai building between 7th street and Avenida Revolución
Present-day photograph: Daniel Esparza / San Diego Red
On 1st street and Avenida Revolución
Present-day photograph: Daniel Esparza / San Diego Red
On 2nd street and Avenida Niños Héroes
Present-day photograph: Daniel Esparza / San Diego Red
On Avenida Niños Héroes, between 2nd and 1st street
Present-day photograph: Daniel Esparza / San Diego Red
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Translated by: edgar.martinez@sandiegored.com
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