Rebecca Blackwell, Author at Concord Monitor

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In this March 14, 2018 photo, members of the Marquez family talk outside the temporary shelter where seven children and four adults from the family are living in a park, six months after an earthquake damaged the Multifamiliares Tlalpan housing complex, toppling one building, killing nine people, and leaving around 300 families in housing limbo waiting for the rest of the buildings to be either repaired or condemned, in Mexico City. Most residents have moved in with relatives or friends, but those remaining are gradually receiving some housing help in the form of temporary one-room shelters built with plywood or with wooden pallets covered by polycarbonate by the Practical Architecture Consultancy (known by its Spanish acronym CAP) and the nonprofit Techo. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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6 months after Mexico quake some still camp outside homes

by Christopher Sherman Associated Press, and Rebecca Blackwell Associated PressMarch 19, 2018

Under a patchwork shelter of overlapping tarps and repurposed vinyl advertisements, several dozen residents of 18 Independence Street pack cheek-by-jowl into donated tents in the street near their building, which was damaged in the Sept. 19…

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6 months after Mexico quake some still camp outside homes

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