There are many border spaces throughout the Phoenix metropolitan area; I choose a small stretch of Van Buren Street from 52nd street to the downtown ASU campus at 7th street.  This five and a half mile stretch of road is home to many businesses that cater directly to the Spanish speaking Hispanic community in the area.  Numerous businesses from small car dealerships and auto repair shops to a mini mart and billboards all focus their advertising dollar to this select group of people.  One business in particular was the Mini market (picture 1) located two hundred yards west of the Circle K on the northwest corner of Van Buren and 52nd street.  While it is apparent by the large signs, bright colors, and prime location, Circle K is casting its consumer net wide to draw those passing on the nearby loop 202 freeway as well as the local neighborhood.  The Mini market on the other hand is a small Mom and Pop operation operating in the shadow of the corporate giant and appealing to those Spanish speaking customers in the surrounding neighborhood.  Like customers looking for that personalized service and a taste of home from their selection of Mexican beers and soft drinks, to calling plans to keep in touch with friends and relatives back home in Mexico.  These types of businesses and business practices all point to what Sassen stated in,”The city: strategic site/new frontier.”  They do not exist for “the international business class of professional workers”, but rather for the “internationalized labor market for low-wage manual and service workers and international business environments in immigrant communities.”  Sassen argue that this represents a border of the global economy in the middle of Phoenix with ties back to their home country, culture, and families (14-15).