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    Images of Dove Springs offer a glimpse of a neighborhood so close yet so far from the city’s governing institutions and tourist attractions. See this week’s News feature for Sam Ramos’ essay on growing up in the neighborhood, “My Dove Springs … and Ours.”Above: A dry creek bed runs through this wooded area near Dove Springs Drive
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    A dog keeps watch over his owner’s property
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    Neighborhood streets are named after birds, especially the dove
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    Decorative wrought iron fence rings a home
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    Lifelong Dove Springs residents Adam Zapata (l) and Edward Gatica Jr.
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    A shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe
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    Dogs greet a visitor
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    Houses of muted color
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    The bus stops here
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    The goods at Mi Victoria Bakery on E. William Cannon
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    Pan dulce at Mi Victoria Bakery on E. William Cannon
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    Mi Victoria Bakery
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    The neighborhood C-Mart

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