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Warehouse of Bellagio Conservatory
Andres Garcia stands at the edge of the Bellagio Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, watching the crowd snap photos and coo over the Chinese New Year display. In a simple sweater over a white button-down shirt, the El Salvadoran immigrant looks like any other tourist admiring the view: the money tree bursting with 384 gold-leafed coins the size of Frisbees, the traditional pots burning incense, the clusters of red silk lanterns symbolizing happiness and prosperity. At the center of the exhibit, life-size galloping horses encircle a three-tiered mountain crowned with a 15-foot rearing golden stallion. 2014 is the Year of the Horse.