Nuevo Laredo
— — the city the border drew twice.
Not only on a wall.
“A border city on the south bank of the Rio Grande, opposite Laredo, Texas. Founded in 1848 by families who crossed south after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, to remain on Mexican soil when the new boundary cut their old town in half. The five bridges over the river here make this one of the busiest commercial land crossings in the hemisphere, most days the largest by value on the continent. from the studio
Nuevo Laredo, on ceramic.
Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.
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The place, in three passes.
Nuevo Laredo sits on the south bank of the Río Bravo del Norte, the river the United States calls the Rio Grande, in the state of Tamaulipas. The city was founded in 1848 by residents of Laredo, Texas, who crossed the river to remain Mexican after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo placed the north bank under United States sovereignty. The municipality holds roughly 425,000 people and shares a metropolitan footprint with its Texan twin. Plaza Hidalgo, with its central kiosko and old laurel trees, anchors the historic centre about ten blocks south of the river.
The Rio Grande here is wide, slow, and brown for most of the year, fed by controlled releases from the Amistad and Falcon dams upstream. It is the international boundary at this point and has been since 1848. Five road bridges and a rail bridge cross the river within the city limits: Puente Internacional 1 (rebuilt in 2000 on an 1889 alignment), the Juárez-Lincoln (1976), the Colombia-Solidaridad (1991, west of town), the World Trade Bridge (2000, the commercial truck crossing), and the Union Pacific rail bridge. Together they carry a sustained majority of U.S.-Mexico surface trade by value.
The city is reached by foot, car, or freight truck across one of the five bridges from Laredo, Texas. Pedestrian crossings cost a few pesos in either direction. The historic centre, Plaza Hidalgo, the 1898 Cathedral of the Holy Spirit, and Avenida Guerrero, sits about ten blocks south of Puente Internacional 1. The Mercado Maclovio Herrera, on Calle Belden, sells leather, copper, and vanilla. The United States Department of State currently lists Tamaulipas at Level 4 (Do Not Travel) for non-essential visits; travellers consult current advisories and consular guidance before planning a trip.