In Nogales on the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border is this pink business of shoes and accessories.

"The pink paint is refreshing and attractive but that rectangle of grayish corrugated material is dingy-looking," I declared, imagining myself as a new arrival from Sonora. "La pintura rosa es refrescante y atractiva, pero ese rectángulo de material corrugado grisáceo tiene un aspecto sucio."

 

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In downtown Nogales, Arizona, on October 5th, 2015, at the northwest corner of North Morley Avenue and West Park Street.

 

The building was erected in 1920 according to the website of the Santa Cruz County Assessor.

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Nogales (2007072)

• Santa Cruz (county) (2000102)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• awnings (300254200)

• brick (clay material) (300010463)

• clothing accessories (300423330)

• clothing stores (300005303)

• commercial buildings (300005147)

• cursive scripts (general scripts by form) (300375118)

• paint (coating) (300015029)

• pink (color) (300124707)

• red (color) (300311118)

• shop signs (300211862)

• storefronts (300002533)

• stripes (300010230)

• stucco (300014966)

• white (color) (300129784)

 

Wikidata items:

• 5 October 2015 (Q21064702)

• 1920 in architecture (Q2744612)

• 1920s in architecture (Q11185486)

• Cinderella (Q11841)

• Gadsden Purchase (Q827212)

• October 5 (Q2930)

• October 2015 (Q16726267)

• shoe store (Q7500021)

• Southern Arizona (Q7569630)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Buildings—Arizona (sh86004038)

• Business names (sh85018315)

• Small business (sh85123568)

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