By 1920, the colonia had taken on its modern form and a canal which used to drain the area was dried out and covered over to make José T. Cuellar Street.

[7] All that is left to remind of the factory is a small empty lot with a bronze statue of a woman sewing to commemorate the event.

[5] The colonia is located in the borough of Cuauhtémoc, which has some of the highest crime rates in the city the same as Tepito, one of the notorious places for being unsafe.

Obrera is listed in the top ten as far as crimes reported, which include small scale drug trafficking and indigence.

[8] Young architects from Mexico City, participating in the XI International Architecture Show in Italy, proposed a project for this area based on the philosophy of recycling of urban land.

The goal of this project was to convert older industrial and warehouse space into 5,000 new living quarters, centered on Ixtapaluca Street.

On any given Sunday, it was safe to say that you could easily find an ongoing soccer match—better known as reta (short for retadora, i.e., a "challenge") -- in which about 8-20 young children and adults met to participate for a moment and feel like great players.