social transformation of the district. The neighborhood has undergone major changes over the last 20 years, especially with regard to the use of local spaces. The former run-down neighborhood, which was mostly populated by homeless people, prostitutes and day laborers, has since become an attractive neighborhood for artists, hipsters and all sorts of alternatives. This tour was one of the walks which will be offered to specific groups interested in the transformation of the city, especially before
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Photograph by Thomas Gittel (2019).