Look west to see the general area of one of Flagstaff's Hispanic neighborhoods--Los Chantes. The Arizona Lumber and Timber Company (AL&T) built homes for their employees that came to be known as Los Chantes or “Shack Row”, which was mainly occupied by Hispanics.
Typical of a company town, Los Chantes was built in direct view of the lumber mill office and the homes of the company managers (as well as Riordan Mansion) so they could keep an eye on their employees. There were three rows of shacks that housed men originally and later on their families joined them from Mexico. The homes did not offer much for the employees as there was no running water or electricity provided; although people living in Los Chantes were allowed to make improvements to the homes.
Los Chantes eventually became the Plaza Way Shopping Mall by the 1970s. Some of the houses from the neighborhood were moved to La Plaza Vieja and Southside neighborhoods during the 1940s-50s.