Ground Zero Explained But It's Name May Change Soon To Little Caracas
[QUOTE=MojoBandit;2418903]I was kind of waiting for a Centro regular to answer this because I am curious myself. I am fairly certain that It is Calle 52 and Carrera 52, the southwest corner of Botero Plaza, one block north of Veracruz church (Iglesia De La Veracruz on a map). Ground Zero is not a place you will find listed on a map. It is just the spot that I assume Centro regulars consider the center of the action in Centro. If I am wrong I hope a Centro regular jumps in an corrects me.[/QUOTE]I suppose I am to blame for all this confusion about what is Ground Zero as I have repeatedly identified the Intersection of Callle 52 and Carrea 52 where this is a street sign with signs identifying the location which I have referred to as Ground Zero in my posts. And as you have surmised, I consider it the center of the action in El Centro. In every direction you will find Chicas with easily a few hundred of them within a 500 foot radius of this location around 5 PM in the afternoon. The 500 foot radius would include all of the pedestrian walkway up to including the Veracruz Church and side street, all of the pedestrian walkway in front of the Museum, the entire park directly in front of the Intersection Calle 52 and Carrea 52, and the pedestrian walkway on the side of the Museum.
So over the past few years with the heavy influx of Venezuelans SW's, they basically have taken over the area immediately adjacent to Carrea 52 and Calle 52 by their sheer numbers. They have been congregating there, creating their own space away from the Colombians SW's, because the Colombian SW's are pissed off at them for taking away a lot of their business. They also tend to congregate in groups almost always, where as the Colombians don't congregate in groups much. There are so many of them now that it's almost like your in Venezuela at that intersection, and hence I liken it to a "Little Caracas".