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The port's construction was billed as "Corpus Christi's destiny," transforming the city into a commercial hub for South Texas. [1] A 12,000-foot-long (3,700 m) seawall was constructed in Corpus Christi in response to the hurricane's devastation. The seawall was primarily made of reinforced concrete and supported by timber and steel sheet ...
Mirador de la Flor (Overlook of the Flower) Mirador de la Flor (English: Overlook of the Flower[1][2][3]) is a monument in Corpus Christi, Texas, that honors Tejano musician Selena Quintanilla-Pérez, who was murdered on March 31, 1995 at age 23. About 30,000 people visit the monument every year, especially citizens of Corpus Christi and cities ...
Corpus Christi, Texas. Corpus Christi (/ ˌkɔːrpəs ˈkrɪsti / KOR-pəs KRIS-tee; Latin for ' Body of Christ ') is a coastal city in the South Texas region of the U.S. state of Texas and the county seat and largest city of Nueces County [5] with portions extending into Aransas, Kleberg, and San Patricio counties. It is 130 miles (210 km ...
The iconic and popular Selena mirador in downtown Corpus Christi has a new look and new lights as part of a $400,000 project. ... Moroccan-inspired gazebo outlooks” along the downtown seawall ...
The Port of Corpus Christi was used by the Confederates to bring in supplies during the war effort until the Union bombarded Corpus Christi and occupied the bay and port from 1863 to 1870. [2] In 1940, the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi was established on the bay, and by 1944 had transformed into a major base with one main air station and six ...
The city’s capital improvement program currently shows in its projects an estimated $3.6 million to construct a new floodwall and bulkheads in the area of the Corpus Christi Museum of Science ...
Beryl expected to make landfall Monday along Texas coast | Updated 8:30 a.m. The National Weather Service of Corpus Christi reported that Beryl, now a tropical storm, is continuing to move over ...
Houston, Pasadena, League City, Baytown, Texas City, Galveston, La Porte, Seabrook, Anahuac. Galveston Bay (/ ˈɡælvɪstən / GAL-vis-tən) is a bay in the western Gulf of Mexico along the upper coast of Texas. It is the seventh-largest estuary in the United States, [2] and the largest of seven major estuaries along the Texas Gulf Coast.