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El Segundo Barrio - El Paso, Texas

            This is a surviving tenement building constructed in the 1930s when brick and mortar buildings replaced the original adobe tenements. The tenements housed immigrants and a burgeoning workforce primarily from Mexico.

The tenements were configured in long lines parallel to the nearby Rio Grande.The barrack-like buildings consisted of one room apartments with a single door and window. There was no running water or indoor plumbing. Heating was provided by a single cookstove.The apartments were cramped and water and toilet access was shared. The shared water source was a spigot, typically found in the courtyard. The flush toilet privies, numbering four per tenement building, were built away from the street and against the rear alley.

It wasn't until the 1970s that the City of El Paso required the tenement owners in El Segundo Barrio to add running water, heating and private toilet facilities to each apartment.

info: magazine.texasarchitecture.org

Taken in: United States / Texas / El Paso (show map)

Taken on: June 15, 2022

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Camera: Nikon D700, f/22.0, 1/30 sec, 29mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D700
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.033 sec (1/30)
Focal Length:	29mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	PhotoScape
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