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ArchitectureMcAllen, TXYear Built - 1961 Architects - David P. AshcroftDavid P. Ashcroft, before commencing his own practice in McAllen, had worked for York, as it is evident from Ashcroft’s Treviño-Garza Clinic in McAllen of 1961.

ArchitectureMcAllen, TXYear Built - 1978 Architects - Neuhaus & Taylor of HoustonAfter the McAllen State Bank built the tallest building in McAllen in 1978 (designed by Neuhaus & Taylor of Houston), it vacated the Hugo Neuhaus-David Haid building, which has undergone...

ArchitectureMatamorosYear Built - 1958 Architects - Luis MacGregor KriegerAeropuerto Internacional General Servando Canales, Matamoros (1958) Arq. Luis MacGregor Krieger Matamoros attracted a second young architect from Mexico City, Luis MacGregor Krieger, who was...

ArchitectureMatamorosYear Built - 1940s Architects - Jorge ElizaldeThe Lázaro Cárdenas administration began construction in the 1930s of a network of flood protection levees, diversion dams, and irrigation canals that, as historian Casey Walsh demonstrates, converted...

ArchitectureMatamorosYear Built - 1964 Architects -Arqs. Mario Pani y Hilario GalgueraThe most publicized modern architecture built along the lower Río Grande in the 1960s was produced in conjunction with a Mexican government initiative, the Programa Nacional...

ArchitectureHarlingen, TXThese are just a few examples of commercial properties around Harlingen’s downtown and Sunshine Strip. The “atomic” force of an era long gone, but one that refuses to perish.

ArchitectureHarlingen, TXYear Built - 1969Being the daughter of a perpetual shopaholic I was well aware of the location of every single fashion shop and boutique in every corner of the Rio Grande Valley. My mother would not hesitate to drive anywhere to find the...

ArchitectureHarlingen, TXYear Built - 1959 Architects - John G. York & AssociatesThese two midcentury modern dental office buildings are still in great shape, and open to the public. One cannot help but admire the lush tropical landscape that surrounds them. One much...

ArchitectureHarlingen, TXYear Built - 1951 Architects - Cocke,Bowman & York Photos - Cocke,Bowman & YorkAn example of Cocke, Bowman & York’s ingenious pragmatism is the Clarke & Courts Building in downtown Harlingen of 1951. Rather than conventional brick-framed...