our lady of the westside

I'm drawn deeply to this barrio in San Antonio. Margaret, mi abuelita, grew up on Ruiz Street and I remember visiting my great-grandparents at that house as a child. Leonor, my great-grandmother, making tamales and giving me coffee with dollops of sugar added by me. Then running around in happy delirium chasing and being chased by all the Sorola cousins. The house is not as I remember it, and I couldn't even find it this time. But now it's the murals. Given Margaret's intense and poignant devotion, I can't help but most adore those of our Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe.

Cristo Rey Church, Perez Street, where my aunt Rita was baptized.

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

Colorado & Ruiz

Guadalupe Community Center,  W. César Chávez Blvd & S. Trinity

June 2016 update

Chupaderas & Guadalupe

S. Brazos & Guadalupe

W. Poplar, Claudio A. Bemmato, 1999

moving north--at La Bandera Molina, Zarzamora & Magnolia