Photo by Leslie Berestein Rojas/KPCC
Waiting in the sun at Plaza Mexico, June 30, 2011
Inspired by the summer heat or the Fourth of July?
One woman broke out her stars-and-stripes umbrella while waiting in the sun last week at Plaza Mexico for a glimpse of Univision stars “El Gordo y la Flaca.” The hosts of the Miami-based entertainment news talk show were filming live at the colonial Mexico-themed Lynwood shopping center, drawing a crowd that began lining up early in the morning to see them.
Photo by Leslie Berestein Rojas/KPCC
Patrons posing with giant anthropomorphic food at Plaza Mexico, in Lynwood.
Tourists taking photos in the pedestrian zone of downtown Guanajuato? No, it’s Plaza Mexico, the Mexican-themed, Korean-American-developed and owned shopping and entertainment complex in Lynwood, Calif. It’s the closest thing I’ve seen to a Mexico theme park. I’m a fan.
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