Opinion
There's No Sparing the Change
by Sito Negron
If we’re in a genteel neighborhood we want to protect it from the barbarians. If we’re in a funky neighborhood we want to protect it from gentrification. All this over a house? But it really does make sense.
El Paso Needs the Rebirth of Cool
by Rich Wright
The problem, I think, is that El Paso has never marketed itself as a young person's town. We've never developed the assets. We've never cultivated an appeal to the prized 18 to 35 year old demographic. We've never cultivated cool.
District 3 Race a Milestone in a Long City Election Cycle
by Sito Negron
Is the anger real, or ginned up? What direction are we as a city headed, where do we want to head, and what are the alternatives? The District 3 special election is a window to view some of these questions in action.
Elections
NPT Special Report: District 3 Candidate Guide
by NPT
City Council District 3 candidates answer questions regarding industry, stormwater, development, and the challenges of the district.
Features
Interview with City Redevelopment Manager Veronica Rosales-Soto
by Sito Negron
Veronica Rosales-Soto, redevelopment manager for the city of El Paso, discusses how she got into planning, the philosophies at work in urban planning, and issues related to the Downtown Plan, including the next step.
Lomas de Poleo, and the Value of Land and People
by Kent Paterson
Ringed in by mean guards and forbidding towers that evoke images of J.R. Tolkein's Mordor, long-settled families are locked in an ownership battle over hundreds of acres of land with members of the Zaragoza family, one of Ciudad Juarez's most powerful clans.
Culture
The Best Saxophone Player in Mexico. George Harrison Said So.
by Alejandra Gomez
Only four of the seven members of The 7 Teens are still alive. One of them plays jazz at Yankee’s bar on Avenida Juarez. Beto, who met George Harrison on the Ed Sullivan show in 1963, teaches music at the University of Juarez.
Photo Essay: Lucha Libre
Photography by Mark Paulda, Henry Delgado, Julie Hammink and Rebecca Reza
The theatrical sport made its way onto our own city streets with a recent match on Zaragosa Avenue. Several El Paso photographers attended the event and came back with these up close and personal images.
