Survey marks on concrete embankment on levee at Anzalduas County Park in Granjeno.
View from the top of the concrete embankment on levee at Anzalduas County Park in Granjeno. You can see the Rio Grande in the distance.
Anzalduas County Park in Granjeno. It's still unclear where the wall will be visible from here.
Anzalduas County Park in Granjeno. I'm still not sure where the wall will be visible from here.
Anzalduas County Park in Granjeno. I'm still not sure where the wall will be visible from here. Notice the other park on the Mexican side of the River.
July 18, 2008. Levee in Granjeno, Texas. No sign of construction. U.S. side to the right, Mexico to the left.
July 18, 2008. View from the top of the levee in Granjeno, facing Mexico.
July 18, 2008. Crop fields in Granjeno on the Mexican side of the levee. These will no longer be visible after the wall is completed.
July 30, 2008. Wall construction has begun on top of the levee at the exact same site. Mexico to the left, U.S. to the right.
July 30, 2008. Wall construction has begun on top of the levee at the exact same site. View from the U.S. side of the levee.
July 30, 2008. The levee is about 20' from the back fence of this farm house. The wall can be seen through the trees.
July 30, 2008. Unobstructed view of the levee and wall from the same back yard. See the fence in the lower right.
July 30, 2008. View of the same farm house from on top of the levee with the wall and Mexico to my back.
July 30, 2008. View from the top of the levee. Soon the crop fields on Mexican side of the wall/levee will no longer be visible.
July 30, 2008. View from the top of the levee. Mexico side to the left.
July 30, 2008. View from the top of the levee.
July 30, 2008. View from the top of the levee. Jenny Clark taking photos.
July 30, 2008. Construction of the wall.
July 30, 2008. Some artsy-fartsy close ups of the steel I-beams.
July 30, 2008. Construction of the wall. Taken from the Mexico side, looking up. With the wall on top of the levee, the height from the ground on the Mexican side is approximately 20'.
July 30, 2008. Construction of the wall. Taken from the levee looking down. Mexico and Border Patrol on the right.
July 30, 2008. Construction of the wall. Taken from the Mexican side of the wall/levee.
July 30, 2008. Night security for the construction site.
August 2, 2008. These barricades were not here a few days ago.
August 2, 2008. It won't be long before this view is blocked.
August 2, 2008. The Rio Grande River, approx. 1/2 mile from the levee/wall. This will soon be inaccessible.
August 2, 2008.
August 2, 2008. The night security guy.
August 2, 2008. I'm sure we can interpret the dogs as a metaphor for something.......
August 07, 2008. The owner of the farm house.
August 07, 2008. The owner of the farm house and the Hidalgo County Sheriff.
August 07, 2008. The Hidalgo County Sheriff.
August 07, 2008. The back yard of the farm house.
August 07, 2008. The dog who lives in the farm house.
August 07, 2008. The construction crew supervisor who called the Sheriff because we were taking pictures.
August 07, 2008. Construction of the wall.
August 07, 2008. Border Patrol.
August 07, 2008. The end of the levee at the entrance to Anzalduas County Park. This is the starting point of this wall segment.
August 07, 2008. Razor wire at the end of the levee at the entrance to Anzalduas County Park. This is the starting point of this wall segment.
August 10, 2008.
August 14-16, 2008.
Donna August 08, 2008
Donna August 28, 2008
Granjeno, October 31, 2008
Granjeno September 28, 2008
Donna October 19, 2008
Granjeno October 19, 2008
Progreso December 1, 2008
Weslaco December 1, 2008
Progreso, November 22, 2008
Progreso, December 17, 2008