The Boston Globe, June 8th, 1998
Patti Kilday Hart is a Globe correspondent. AUSTIN, Texas -- At sunset, hundreds of people here spread blankets on the shores of the Colorado River, buy a ticket on a cruise boat, or compete for space on the Congress Avenue bridge to watch a dramatic performance that rivals the city's renowned musical venues. As the sunlight fades into the hill country west of town, the evening breeze carries cries of appreciation as a giant "plume of smoke" emerges from the bridge's concrete underpinnings, twisting over the river until nightfall blots it from human eyes. An estimated 1.5 million Mexican free-...
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