Landowners and informal dwellers along Rio Tarqui are being moved out so the city can expand greenspace along the river, and add land to the Botanical Gardens to the east. In addition to the tire shop and stucco contractor in the photos, people raise animals and grow crops. Some of these families have lived here for at least 70 years. This used to be out of town, but no longer. The gov't paid out $550,000 for the land, and to relocate people.
