Pictures of McallenPictures of Harlingen, McAllen, South Padre Island, RGV
This water tower is right in the middle of one of the busiest sections of McAllen. They did a good job with landscaping and adding a fountain to spruce it up. The Mustangs are a local High School Football team. High School Football is taken very serious here.
The McAllen Officers' Peace Memorial is
located on 18th St. next to the public pool, park and the McAllen Bulldog's
stadium. If memory service correctly, they played the Orange Bowl there one
year.
I read an article a few years back. It stated
that La Plaza Mall has over 18 million visitors a year. I wish I could find the
data again. It may not appear that busy in picture. However, I took these
pictures 5 minutes after the mall opened for the day. The shoppers from Mexico
and the Winter Texas help to boost the visitor rate.
I took this picture from the overpass on Hwy
83 that pass over 10th St. That's the old convention center on the left. You can
see a picture of the new one on the Pictures of the RGV page. You can also see
the Chase tower in the background.
495 Technology park is one of the newest
commercial areas to be built in McAllen. You can see another project being built
on the right hand side. Even though the McAllen area no longer has 3rd fastest
growing population in the country, it is currently leading the way with the
fastest growth rate for jobs.
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