If I wasn't so lazy, architecture might have attracted me. Instead, I became a reporter, flitting from one quick story to another. The Valley offers some really attractive buildings. Until recently, Spanish/Mexican/Hollywood Spanish predominated. Now much is just the normal dross.
These houses and courtyard are in McAllen.
Quinta Mazatlan, also in McAllen, built in the 1930s is one of the largest adobe homes in Texas.
This is one of the bathrooms or, more accurately, bathtub.
What was once a McAllen school flaunts an extraordinary deco-ish entrance. Aztec themes were popular in the Thirties.
And this doorway in Harlingen is really superb.
Part of a small complex in Mission, this house has been neglected.
As has another Mission prewar building with a wonderful entry.
The Texas Theatre - oops! - Theater in Pharr retains some modest streamlining and, like so many cinemas, has had better days.
Beautifully preserved and now a pottery is an old McAllen service station.
Happily, many of the Valley's railway stations have been saved, becoming chambers of commerce, lawyers' offices and museums. This is Edinburg's 1927 Southern Pacific Railway Depot. Wow!
