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Plaza México (Lynwood, California)
Located in Lynwood, California, Plaza México, which to some is still known as the Marketplace, is a multi-purpose cultural center that attracts many from the Los Angeles area and beyond. It was renovated in 2004. The center includes shopping, dining, and entertainment selections and is a cultural space for the Latino community. “The design follows the basic principles of the ancient city of Monte Alban, which is located approximately 300 miles south of México City”.〔http://www.plazamexico.com〕 Plaza México incorporates the design and style of plazas in México in order to provide the ‘at home’ feeling for Latinos.
The shopping mall, Plaza México, located in Southern California in the city of Lynwood, Los Angeles was developed and is currently owned by Korean investors. Plaza Mexico expresses an invention and commodification of traditions for the Lynwood community. Its main targeted clientele are the locally bound immigrants and US citizens of Mexican descent. The architecture of Plaza Mexico and its environment shows the contemporary processes of deterritorialisation and reterritorialisation of identities and recreations of collective memories and imagined conceptions of homeland.〔Clara Irázabal & Macarena Gómez-Barris (2008): Bounded Tourism: Immigrant Politics, Consumption, and Traditions at Plaza Mexico, Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 5:3, 186-213.〕 The plaza is a place like home for many visitors of Mexican descent and for other clienteles it makes them feel like if they are literally in México City. To the present day, Plaza México has greatly become a space of diasporic tourism in Southern California, it is unique in its architectural recreation and provides a space for social and cultural interaction among Latinos.〔 It is not only a place where people come to consume goods, but a location where Mexicans hold cultural festivals and performances, such as "El Grito de la Independencia" and "Cinco de Mayo" festivities. For many Mexican community members, Plaza México is the main place in Lynwood for cultural expression and pride, which grants them opportunities to consume a national and regional identification with homeland.
==Architectural authenticity==
Plaza México has a unique architectural recreation of Mexican regional and national icons. The architecture is based off traditional Mexican towns and contains a variety of Mexican cultural symbols from different eras. The Korean owners hired two Mexican public relations coordinators that are highly knowledgeable and passionate about Mexican national culture to select the icons, cultural symbols and events that are portrayed.〔 The coordinators also selected unique types of construction materials to build Plaza México in order to produce quality and Mexican authenticity. The architectural decorations like the plaza, kiosk, fountains and monuments are similar to that of many Mexican cities. For example, Plaza México has replicas of the Angel of Independence of México City and the kiosk of the Zócalo of San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato.〔 The plaza was reproduced with characteristics based on the appearance of the Palace of Jalisco at Guadalajara. The plaza’s pavement is made of adoquín stone and the benches are made of crafted iron, like the ones found in the provinces of México. Plaza México was actually constructed using original materials from México such as stone from Zacatecas and talavera from Puebla. The mall is physically structured with open streets and a plaza to reconstruct the environment as a traditional Mexican town where the visitors can walk around or participate in cultural and recreational events just like in México.〔
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