Around the island photos

A trimmed hedge and red fire-lane curb front a gravel bed with a fire hydrant, banana plants and a bank of electric meters below high-rise buildings at dusk.

High-rise towers catch pink dusk light above a landscaped fire lane.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A pink-flowering oleander shrub grows in a red mulch bed at a corner where a turquoise wall meets a cream building, beside a concrete sidewalk.

An oleander in pink bloom fills a mulched corner bed beside the sidewalk, where a turquoise wall meets a cream building.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A wide concrete path by a hedge-topped block wall with a SeaSide Bar & Grill banner, below tall towers and palms under a pale sky with pink evening clouds.

A hedge-lined path past a SeaSide Bar & Grill banner, with palms and tall buildings in the soft light just before sunset.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Tall white high-rise tower seen from below, its curved balconies glowing pink in low evening light, with a fan palm in front against a pale evening sky.

Evening light turns the balconies of a white high-rise tower pink above a fan palm.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

First National Bank building and palm trees viewed across a roadway.

A palm-lined commercial streetscape.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Gated entrance to a palm-shaded RV park across a road, with travel trailers behind a white fence and a small white building flying US and Texas flags.

A gated RV-park entrance shaded by tall palms, with the US and Texas flags flying.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Palm-lined roadway and median seen through a vehicle window.

A palm-lined island boulevard.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A large open-mouthed blue shark mural on a building beside a glass-fronted shop, seen across a palm-lined median through a vehicle window.

A big blue shark mural stands out on the shops across the palm-lined median.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Colorful multi-story shop building across a boulevard, seen through a vehicle window.

Colorful shop building along the boulevard.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Wide road with a brick median and a passing pickup, and across the street an open-air lot with food trailers, colorful picnic tables and tall palms.

Food trailers and brightly painted picnic tables sit under the palms just across the road.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A wide road runs past a mowed lawn behind a rope fence, a utility pole, parked cars, a low blue building with umbrellas and palms, water on the horizon.

A wide road runs past an open lawn and palms, with a low blue building and water beyond.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Two matching tan mid-rise buildings with white-railed balconies and tile roofs stand behind palms and an empty striped lot across a wide road.

Matching mid-rise buildings with rows of balconies face a wide road across an open parking lot.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Tall stepped concrete high-rise tower with balconies rises behind palm trees, low buildings and two parked pickup trucks across a road.

Palm trees frame a tall high-rise tower seen from across the road.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

South Padre Island Convention Centre sign with a digital message display.

South Padre Island Convention Centre sign.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

South Padre Island Convention Centre sign beside palms and a roadway.

South Padre Island Convention Centre sign near the boulevard.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A palm at the roadside and, across the road, a two-story building painted with navy and light-blue waves behind a white picket fence.

Blue waves painted across a two-story building, seen from the road.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A dark kite with a long striped tail flies in a clear blue sky above the upper floors of a tall balconied building.

A long-tailed kite rides the wind high above the rooftops under a clear blue sky.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Two gray-green pelican statues perch on a rope-wrapped piling in a landscaped yard behind a white picket fence, with palms and houses behind.

A pair of pelican statues perches on a rope-wrapped piling in a landscaped yard.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

A tan SUV parked in a marked space beside a blue-painted curb and white-hatched accessible aisle, with a wide sidewalk, palms and houses beyond.

Accessible parking and a wide sidewalk on a sunny, palm-dotted island street.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Row of parked cars and a pickup in a brick-paver parking lot beside a tall high-rise with balconies and palm trees in low evening light

Evening light stretches across a brick-paver parking lot at the foot of one of the island's high-rises.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Two-story pale green building with white trim, a balcony and a metal roof, one palm tree, and a sidewalk with an Island Metro Route 1 sign.

A pale green two-story building with a balcony and a lone palm sits beside a sidewalk marked by an Island Metro Route 1 sign in warm evening light.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

Two palm trees and a teal-and-grey bench in front of a pale green building with white doors labeled Fire Riser Rm and Electrical Rm.

A teal bench and two palm trees sit in front of a pale green building with utility doors and an upstairs balcony.See on map (Google Maps, new tab)

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