Sol Villasana has roots in the immigrant community on the northern edge of downtown.
This 1940 file photo shows Turney and Payne streets in Dallas' Little Mexico neighborhood. The area on the northern edge of downtown was a thriving immigrant community before giving way to high-rise developments that now make up Uptown, including the Arts and West End districts.Mexican culture has long contributed to the fabric of Dallas, gaining a strong early foothold in the now-defunct Little Mexico neighborhood roughly 150 years ago.
Dallas’ Little Mexico neighborhood, on the northern edge of downtown, was born with the arrival of Mexican immigrants in the 1870s, with many of them coming to work in railroad construction.
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