I couldn't find out if this has been posted before -

In Mexico City and suburbs, there are a lot of [color:"red"] red streets[/color]. Not terra cotta red - in my paint collection it would be cadmium red light. The oddest thing is that they aren't red streets, but red buildings crowded into where the street should be. Some also have a yellow section and I found a single street that's all-yellow and a couple that are done in a charming "assorted pastel" motif. There are also a lot of yellow "tents" - rooftops that are suspiciously sunny in color and have the irregular dips and angles of a fabric tent, rather than the rigid symmetry of a roof.



There are many more than I marked - it's a vast city. It's surprising that no local resident - as far as I could tell - has posted anything about the red-street phenomenon. I have to admit, I'll be sorry to see them go when the image is updated!

This looks real to me Diane. It looks like the street is closed off and covered with mostly orange tarps, though there are a few other colors mixed in. Maybe it's something like a farmer's market. It's a great collection BTW.


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Take a look at this slideshow, which admittedly does not show the complete coverage as in your views, but I think a few give a hint of what you found.

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Hill - fabulous photo-finding skills! I'm dumbfounded at the sight - and the thought that there are so many enormous street markets all over the city. So, my idea that the yellow roofs looked tent-like was right on. I had no idea!

Thanks for your reply, as always insightful.

Hi Diane !

Your post made me remember this one from a while back.

Crazy thing is, the market in that post seems to have gone! Clearly Mexico city seems to have been the beneficiary of some new imagery in the interim - and taken on a different day of the week from the last lot by the look of things

I live in Mexico City, now on Google Earth I can see that many people of my country already posted what are the red roofs, but it may be a help if I specify what are these makets. Tianguis are moving markets where you can eat, buy clothing, videogames, watches, etc. In fact you may find things you may never see at WalMart. As you may guess only some foreigners and some people with veryhigh economic power do not assit to the tianguis often, but it is part of our culture and its a nice place where social life is constantly active. Generally a tianguis travels in specific groups that have an schedule in many points over the city. If you visit Mexico City I recomend visiting a tianguis because it is a very important piece of our culture, and on some of them you could find nice things as souvenirs.

Red Streets are street markets, with colorful tent roofs named Tianguis (tee-an-giz)

In these tianguis you can find from cd players to tacos!. Ther sell very cheap productos, som may peopel visit tiangis por their prices. specialy middle and low class people.

But some tianguis are dangerous places like Tepito (Tee-pee-tow) or lagunilla (la-gu-nee-ya). were some drug dealers or black market sellers offer weapons even robed items, contraband from china.



In this picture you can see a tipical Tianguis going on.

Note the pink tent roofs. Tianguis are a very old and popular tradition in Mexico.

500 years ago Aztecs do Tianguis.

The Tianguis word itself come from Aztec language.

Fixed picture - N.

hi Diane,

roadside market in Africa



this one and above, in Sturgeon Bay, [USA (?)]

go veggie...........Mumbai........... not just roadside but the road surface serves well for product display.

there is an underground market in Mumbai with shops running along the huge pedestrian subway below road level, spread out below a huge traffic square opposite the Victoria Terminus. Unfortuanately I could not find any pictures.

This roadside /subway/ any available space markets have become very common all over the world.

What better way to do business where no overheads for shop rent, shop maintenance, more probably no local licence hassle.

Local authorities encourage this because it generates an economy that benefits the unemployed, cheaper goods, and a fine way to get non taxable income and line the pockets of local politicians and the local underworld!!!

geveN

so good,i wish someday i can go to have a look!!!

Hi

I saw this red streets some time ago when i was looking for the big flags in mexico, but I thought it is an image error. Now I know better. Thank you Diane.

Best Regards, Felippo

Hi Diane,

great post,

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