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José de Jesús Legaspi (Photo: Courtesy the Legaspi Company)![Legaspi_5_de_Mayo_Celebration_4]()
Cinco de Mayo festivities at La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Courtesy the Legaspi Company)![Legaspi_Entrance_La_Gran_Plaza_3]()
The entrance to the Mercado section of La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Courtesy the Legaspi Company)![Legaspi_Exterior_2]()
The exterior of La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Courtesy the Legaspi Company)![Legaspi_Top_Mothers_Day_Dancers_1]()
A mariachi performance at La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Courtesy the Legaspi Company)![Legaspi_El_Grito_Event_6]()
A dance performance at La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Courtesy the Legaspi Company)![Legaspi_El_Mercado_5]()
The El Mercado section of La Gran Plaza in Fort Worth, Texas. (Photo: Courtesy the Legaspi Company)A Dying Texas Shopping Mall Is Reborn As A Latino Community Center
When the Legaspi Company, a California real estate firm founded by Mexican-American businessman José de Jesús Legaspi, bought what is now La Gran Plaza, a Fort Worth, Texas, shopping emporium-cum-Latino community center, only 20 percent of its 1,200,000 square feet of retail space were full.
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- A Dying Texas Shopping Mall Is Reborn As A Latino Community Center
