[1][2] In June 1981, Mayor Eduardo Orrego Villacorta moved the immigrant vendors to what was later known as the Alameda Chabuca Granda, which was named Campo Ferial Polvos Azules.

[7] The place took its name from Polvos Azules Street, so called because on that shore there were some tanneries where indigo dyeing work was carried out on goat skins.

In January 1993, a fire was reported near the parking lot of the fairgrounds,[3] with million-dollar losses, which motivated workers to move for fear of being evicted due to urban growth.

[7] By 1997 they migrated to a stable area, specifically to the Paseo de la República,[1][3] whose two-story infrastructure was based on an old 16,000 m2 textile factory.

[4] Iconically, it is known for the sale of audiovisual products, mostly pirated, as dozens of stores were established with laboratories for reproducing Peruvian and American films and television series throughout its history.