When the city changed to underground pipes, people built homes behind it. Entry is through the arches. All the entrances look pretty much alike, but what is inside could be anything from a primitive dirt compound to House Beautiful.
Limes grow here, as do pecans and pomegranates, and the ever-present bougainvillea.
During the long dry season, the occasional wind stirs the dusty soil. Water is precious, and the people who live here think it wrong that others waste it maintaining thirsty grasses and cultivated flowers. Four dwellings are haphazardly arranged in this compound. The largest has perhaps four or five rooms which are enlargements and extensions of the original cement cube. There is a newer-looking structure of two rooms.