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Rivera-esque Mural. TE photo, March 2006 |
Across
the bridge from Hidalgo
(US 281, a few miles south of McAllen,
Texas) is the recently spruced up (at least the square and streets
toward the bridge) town of Reynosa. Regretably the tile faced building
had it's façade redone, and the Chinese restaurant changed their old
typewritten Menu that once featured "Shrimp with Mobster Sauce".
The re-tiling of the square and the new benches, with their matching
street lamps, and kiosks are the work of a local woman engineer whose
taxi-driving father was a former prize fighter.
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Copyright John Troesser |
"As I walked
out in the streets of Reynosa,
as I walked out in Reynosa one day,
I stumbled down into an uncovered manhole;
but that's what you get when you walk like a Jay."
Who
can forget those timeless lyrics? My tattered, bullet-riddled Sidekick's
Songbook says that it was Trad Ballad that wrote it. Trad, a prolific
songwriter if ever there was one, seems to have written just about
everything from Greensleeves to Frankie and Johnnie.
Last week, when I found myself walking down those (semi) legendary
streets, I decided to take notes and a few snapshots to share with
my friends at Texas Escapes... more
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| Aerial view
of Hidalgo, Rio Grande, Reynosa Bridge crossing into Mexico. Photo
courtesy Museum of South Texas History |
Hidalgo Reynosa
International Bridge
Photo courtesy Museum of South Texas History |
Reynosa, Mexico
Photo courtesy Museum of South Texas History |
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