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Posted on: February 28th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Community ] [ Hispanic News ] [ Tomás' Picks ] [ Michigan ] [ Detroit ]
Tags: border, restaurant
The broad-brimmed western hats, colorful festival dance dresses and Mayan-style pottery that line the shelves at Xochi’s Mexican Imports are common sights at stores in the Southwest.
But it’s southwest Detroit on a cold, dreary winter day, not sunny El Paso, San Diego, Tucson or other cities just north of the Mexican border.
From its Mexican Town restaurant district to the new shops of the La Plaza Mercado retail development, southwest Detroit is doing something it hasn’t done in years — grow and prosper.”*
*From: http://ap.google.com
Traducido: usando Google o Altavista/Babel Fish
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