 My name is Beatriz Valadez and I grew up here, I was born here at 808 Sherman. We were a 13-year family, so we lived in the 808 Sherman for many years until my mom moved us over here to Austin Street and we lived on Austin Street on three homes because my mom was not a property owner, so we were always moving around. Finally, we bought a home here right here on 418 Hays and I've been there over 45 years. And we were there when the bus used to go by and traffic used to ride on the bridge street. I have a lot of memories with my brothers crossing the bridge to Austin Street, racing each other on the side, not where the traffic was. My mother was always worried that we'd gone right over the thing that we did. My sons, I had three sons that also grew up on the east side and they also did the same thing I did. At that time the bridge was already closed but they still would go up there and play, race, look at the train and those memories never fade away from them or from me. We love the east side, we love the view downtown. At night you can go out to my backyard and you can see the tower and all downtown area. During the holidays, on July the 4th, New Year's Eve, we go up the bridge like we've been doing for over 40-something years to look at the fireworks and all my family comes over. We have like a picnic with the family and with friends in the neighborhood. So east side is my home, it's everything to me and to my family. We enjoy everything here, especially the bridge. So that's my story.