![]() ![]() The Internet platform Suburbia, although with interesting growths, is in its initial stages The Port of Liverpool Sales to same stores in this format had a decrease that reflects the dependence on the sale of clothing, as well as on sales in the Metropolitan area of Mexico City. It is worth mentioning that the North, West and Gulf regions stand out for their good performance while the metropolitan area of Mexico City and Center perform below the average, mainly due to the closing of stores that took place until February. Regarding Liverpool stores, since April 2020 there has been a trend towards the “Big Ticket” categories, standing out Furniture, Appliances, Electronics and Exercise equipment. The Port of Liverpool operates a chain of department stores founded in 1847, which sells a wide variety of products including men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and accessories, household goods, furniture, cosmetics and other consumer products.Īs of March 31, 2021, the Company operated a total of 122 department stores under the Liverpool name 120 specialized boutiques and 165 stores with the Suburbia name. ![]() Text adapted from the Introduction by Karen Irvine, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago.The Port of Liverpool reported that Suburbia decreased its sales in same stores by 16.7%, while Liverpool registered a rise of 1.2% in this indicator during the first quarter of 2021, at annual rates. Understanding that overdevelopment is not just a local problem, he works hard as an artist to share his photographs as one clear plea for responsible, sustainable development in a rapidly changing world. He lives in downtown Monterrey, and he cares deeply about its land, its people, and its future. Ultimately Cartagena documents the chaos and destruction that result from scant or misguided urban planning. Only the landscape appears capable of limiting their proliferation, the mountains and rivers the only forces able to contain their sprawl. He takes pictures of dried-up river beds that attest to the water misallocation and depletion brought about by the construction, and he depicts perpetual rows of tiny houses slicing directly into the foothills of the picturesque mountains that surround Monterrey. Over the years, various governmental policies resulted in new, decentralized cities with limited infrastructures where the pursuit of immediate financial gain trumped any interest in sustainability.Cartagena captures both the destruction that rapid urbanization has imposed on the landscape and the phenomenon of densely packed housing. ![]() In Suburbia Mexicana Alejandro Cartagena photographs the particularities of the suburbs of Monterrey, Mexico which are relatively new and often hastily built, reflecting a general disregard for planning. Published by Photolucida and Daylight Books 2010 Suburbia Mexicana Book by Alejandro Cartagena.
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