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El Ayllu neighborhood, lying in the shadows of Jorge Chavez International Airport, was taken by eminent domain in 2013 to make way for a new airport runway. Residents received money to relocate, but they say the historic sense of community cannot be rebuilt. These images show the neighborhood in its final months. Here a scrap of paper depicting a settled home littered on the street in El Ayllu.

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Elie Gardner
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El Ayllu (Full), Price of Progress
El Ayllu neighborhood, lying in the shadows of Jorge Chavez International Airport, was taken by eminent domain in 2013 to make way for a new airport runway. Residents received money to relocate, but they say the historic sense of community cannot be rebuilt. These images show the neighborhood in its final months. Here a scrap of paper depicting a settled home littered on the street in El Ayllu.